Only about a third of employers that offer flexible work arrangements aim to determine whether or not such arrangements are effective, according to a recent Compensation.BLR.com poll.
Many men perceive some resentment among coworkers over the flexible schedules offered to working mothers, according to an online survey released by the staffing firm Adecco.
Winning the election for the presidency of France on Sunday, Nicolas Sarkozy won much of his support from citizens who supported his main campaign promise to "let people work more in order to earn more" by eliminating governmental constraints on the 35-hour workweek.
BMW has agreed to pay $629,869 in overtime back wages to 1,224 workers in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to settle a Department of Labor lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
George's Processing, Inc. has agreed to pay $1,235,000 to settle Department of Labor allegations that the company failed to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing protective gear and walking to and from the changing area to their work stations at its poultry processing plant in Cassville, Missouri.
Compass Bank has agreed to pay 2,961 employees $1,036,236 in back overtime wages after the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division accused the company of failing to compensate workers when they worked through lunch periods and after scheduled work hours.
Washington Mutual has agreed to pay $404,981 to call center employees in Albion, New York, after the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division accused the company of failing to pay the workers for pre-shift work.
Three former Wal-Mart workers in California are asking a judge to grant class-action
status to their lawsuit accusing the company of time shaving, which the workers
say included managers deleting overtime hours from payroll records, Reuters
reports.
The practice of requiring employees to perform unpaid work is under more scrutiny as workers at a wide variety of companies accuse their employers of one
of the more common violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Times reports.
Europeans work to live. Americans live to work. With Europeans working an average of 10 percent fewer hours a year than Americans, the cliché has had more than a bit of truth behind it. But that may be changing.
