Questions and Answers About The New Overtime Pay Rules
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FLSA Overtime Final Rule: What You Need To Know and What To Do
These questions and answers cover the details surrounding the final rule, and address what’s included in the final rule, as well as compliance and communication strategies, budget implications and possible morale and productivity issues.
Lawsuit Uncovers Hooters’ Illegal Tip Pooling Policy
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — Waitresses of the Trussville Alabama Hooters filed a lawsuit that claim they were illegally required to “contribute a portion of their tip earnings to ‘Staff Guys’ who do not directly interact with customers.” Although the Fair Labor Standards Act does permit employers to satisfy minimum wage laws, food servers cannot be compelled […]
Exterminators Settle Overtime Pay Lawsuit
MOBILE, Ala. — A group of exterminators have settled their wage and hour class lawsuit against Ecolab for $7.5 million dollars. The class consisted of about 1,100 exterminators nationwide, and under the terms of the settlement, the average payment for class members would be more than $5,000, along with service awards for the nine named […]
Firefighters File Overtime Pay Claim Against City
DECATUR, Ala. — Firefighters for the City of Hanceville filed a wage and overtime pay lawsuit against the city in mid-December 2014 in Alabama federal court. The firefighters claim they are owed back wages for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Because of the highly important and necessary work firefighters perform, under […]
Hyundai Faces Overtime Lawsuit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama LLC production employee has filed a proposed overtime pay collective action in Alabama federal court. The employee claims the company refused to pay overtime for mandatory pre-shift exercise sessions in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The overtime claim dates back to at least […]