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Sort by date 1,240 pages found matching overtime- Drug Sales Reps Entitled to California Overtime
Dec-23-10 La Jolla, CA The recent overtime class-action lawsuit against Merck (December 10, 2010) will likely have the same outcome as the Novartis settlement: Drug sales reps are entitled to California overtime compensation. The Novartis Wage and Hour litigation may have opened the floodgates for overtime suits—not only this Merck complaint. Many Cali... - Taco Bell Still Not Shelling Out Overtime
Nov-19-10 Sylmar, CA How many lawsuits will it take for Taco Bell to comply with the California labor code and shell out California Overtime ? The US Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay non-managerial employees at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate for each hour worked over 40 per week. Either the Act is news (!) to Taco Bell, the co... - The Real Deal is a Raw Deal: California IT Overtime
Apr-15-09 Sacramento, CA If you are a California software developer , or a California computer professional of any kind this will come as no surprise to you. However this may come as a shock to anyone who isn't a part of the IT world and not conversant with the California IT overtime issue. And if you have a computer IT friend, ring him up and talk some sense int... - California Overtime Laws Include Small Businesses
Jun-13-08 Norwalk, CA Frequently it is the large companies that are accused of trying to save money by not paying proper overtime wages , especially in California. The media regularly carries stories about large organizations that owe hundreds of employees millions of dollars in overtime pay. People tend to forget about the smaller companies, such as family-own... - California Labor Law: Not All Computer Programmers Exempt from Overtime
Jul-6-07 San Francisco, CA: As the technology industry grows and changes, employers are increasingly called on to classify employees as either exempt or nonexempt from overtime pay according to California labor laws . Although there are guidelines regarding which employees can be considered exempt from overtime pay, employers still misclassify employees, denying s... - Nurse Scab says Overtime Pay a Problem
Jul-9-12 Bessemer, AL Tanya is a nurse based in Alabama but a lot of her work takes her to California hospitals—substituting for RN’s who are on strike for nurses overtime violations and other disputes. Incredibly, Tanya is also claiming overtime violations—yes, that’s correct—when filling in for nurses on strike. Another nurse... - Nonresidents of California Deserving of Overtime Pay, Supreme Court Rules
Jul-16-11 Sacramento, CA A collection of computer software workers from out-of-state who occasionally were called upon to perform their duties within the state of California now have overtime pay laws on their side, following a ruling by the California Supreme Court. At issue was a policy employed by Oracle that saw nonresidents of the state of California den... - Kickbacks Alleged in Cincinnati Could Violate Overtime Laws
Apr-18-11 Cincinnati, OH In what appears to be an unusual case of alleged overtime pay violations , a handful of workers say their employer paid them overtime for extra hours worked, but then required them to kick back the overtime paid to the employer, under the threat of deportation. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on April 7 as to the bizarre allegations... - Infosys Unpaid Overtime
A leading law firm is investigating claims against Infosys offices in California for allegedly not paying overtime wages to immigrant computer programmers. Infosys has been a leader in off-shore outsourcing and has been taking outsourcing a step further by sponsoring foreign citizens for H-1B temporary visas, in which there is a nationwide limit... - California State Pays by the California Overtime Rules
Oct-23-09 Sacramento, CA In a world in which you always hear about things going wrong, it's important to sometimes note the things that are going right, for balance. Ditto for California overtime . California overtime laws ensure that employees who qualify have a right to California overtime pay—and according to the Associated Press (AP) yesterday the state... - Compensation for Overtime Work Vital for Employees
Jun-19-09 Pittsburgh, PA When it comes to not receiving overtime pay, what tends to come to mind are gross violations of overtime laws. Such gross violations might include forcing employees to work 10 to 20 extra hours a week off the clock. However, companies can be in violation of overtime rules even when employees are putting in an extra 10 to 15 minutes before... - Overtime Pay Losses Add Up to Huge Amounts
Mar-20-09 New York, NY It may not seem like a lot when looked at individually, but overtime pay losses can actually add up to a lot of money over the course of a few weeks, months or even years. That is why some employees are fighting back, trying to make their employers honor overtime laws—because violations of overtime rules mean that hard-working, honest empl... - IT Giveth, IT Taketh Away…
Jan-21-09 Sacramento, CA You can forgive any California software developer , or computer professionals in general for feeling taken advantage of by their state legislators, and their apparent pandering to employers and special interests. How else can one explain the lost ground suffered by the California computer professional that puts in long hours, but is taking... - Interview with California Labor Lawyer Kim Anglin
Nov-19-07 San Diego, CA California labor lawyer Kim Anglin discusses the creative ways that employers pass on their cost of doing business—to the detriment of their employees. First, Anglin explains that there are two sets of overtime laws--federal and state laws. Each state can enact their own law and some, like California labor laws , have even higher... - Fast Food Workers Deserve California Overtime
Jun-12-17 San Francisco, CA: “Every nickel, every dime," shouted a crowd of McDonald’s fast food workers back in 2014, "We deserve our overtime !” That’s the same refrain now but the crowd has expanded to include food giant Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ministry of Taste LLC, and Red Dog Restaurant—all accused of violating California... - Georgia Employment Labor Law
Georgia labor law lawsuits allege violations of Georgia state labor laws including minimum wage and overtime pay violations. The rights of employees in Georgia are protected by laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Possible violations of Georgia employme... - Nevada Employee Lawsuits
As with many other states, Nevada employee lawsuits tend to focus on wage and hour, misclassification and unpaid overtime complaints. Nevada overtime lawsuits and other employment concerns affect every industry, although much focus is on the tourism and gambling industries. Employees in Nevada have certain rights, including the right to proper regular an... - California Overtime Pay for Care Workers—About Time
Sep-8-15 Sacramento, CA It’s been a long legal battle. Home Care Workers can’t 100 percent bank on California overtime yet, but a federal court decision has cleared a long and winding path to give home care aides in California and nationwide overtime pay. The US Court of Appeals in Washington decided on August 21 to allow the new overtime regu... - California Overtime Class Action Launched against Hospice Care Provider
Aug-29-15 Beverly Hills, CA An overtime pay laws class action has been filed in California against a hospice and palliative care enterprise alleging the defendants failed to pay plaintiffs proper overtime pay, or provide rest periods and meal breaks as mandated by the California Labor Code. It appears as if the basic payment of overtime wages by Seasons Hospi... - Indian National Launches Overtime Pay Laws Class Action against Wipro
May-30-15 Los Angeles, CA A former employee of IT juggernaut Wipro is taking his former employer to task for allegedly misclassifying him as exempt from overtime, even though overtime pay laws suggest he should have been paid overtime for additional hours worked, or so it is alleged. Plaintiff Suri Payala’s overtime pay lawsuit is proposed as a class actio...