Short Takes: Sick Time Overtime
If a nonexempt employee is sick one day of the week but works some extra hours and is paid for more than 45 hours that week, does the employee get overtime?
Tag: Paying Overtime
Exempt Employees: Must Managers Be On Site to Qualify for Overtime Exemption?
Government Enforcement: Back Wage Collections Up in 2006, DOL Reports
DOL Says No Exemption For Copy Editors
House Votes to Boost Minimum Wage
By a vote of 315 to 116, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve legislation that would boost the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour in three steps over a period of 26 months. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration. Under the legislation, the federal […]
DOL Says Tech Support Workers Aren’t Exempt
Wage and Hour: More Legal Woes for Wal-Mart
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will pay over $33 million in back wages to resolve errors in calculating overtime for 86,680 employees nationwide. According to the DOL, Wal-Mart brought the problem to the agency’s attention after an internal audit raised concerns regarding overtime computations, particularly with respect to incentives […]
Wage and Hour: Software Employees Win Big Settlement
Siebel Systems Inc. has agreed to shell out up to $27.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit charging that the company violated the California Labor Code and Wage Orders by classifying software engineers as exempt from overtime and failing to pay for overtime hours worked. The suit also alleged that the company illegally prohibited […]
Big Blue Agrees To $65 Million Settlement Of Overtime Suit
New Hourly Rates For Exempt Computer Pros
Under California wage and hour law, computer software professionals can qualify for overtime exemption if they meet certain duties requirements and are paid a specified hourly rate, set annually based on inflation rates by the state Department of Industrial Relations. On Jan. 1, 2007, the minimum hourly rate for exempt computer software professionals will be […]