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An Illinois cleaning services company, has been ordered to pay $501,893 in back pay and liquidated damages to 75 workers who were denied minimum wages and overtime pay. Judge James Holderman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a default judgment against Skokie Maid and Cleaning Services Ltd. after it failed to answer a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reached an agreement with a California fruit and nut company to restore $1,287,901 to the company's pension plan.
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When dealing with the FLSA and overtime pay, the first thing to get right is the calculation of how many hours the employee worked. In a recent BLR webinar, Kara Shea, of Miller & Martin PLLC, noted that this may sound simple, but it's not always: "You have to understand how to determine whether time spent by this worker counts as compensable work time under the FLSA . . . and then, if it does count as compensable work time, you must have a method of accurately recording it."
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This week, the Compensation Daily Advisor discussed wage/hour investigations, common compensation mistakes, and readers’ responses to a recent column.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) today released ”The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs,“ an analysis of wages and benefits of manufacturing workers.
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The California Supreme Court has finally issued its much-anticipated ruling in the Brinker case on the extent of employers’ responsibilities when it comes to mandatory meal and rest breaks. The court held that employers must relieve employees of all duty during meal periods but don’t have to ensure that no work is done during that time. Let’s delve into what that and the court’s other rulings in the case mean for you.
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A Michigan vice president was hired as a salaried, exempt employee and promised annual pay of $125,000. He was paid for 11 months, but then his employer encountered financial problems and couldn’t meet payroll. So the VP worked for 4 additional months without pay and was then, along with all other executives, laid off. He sued for the pay he was owed.
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