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Here is another example of an employer allegedly mis-classifying employees and not paying them overtime hours correctly. Employees should always be aware of their ‘status’ with their employer, and makes sure they are being classified correctly, and paid correctly! Employees for Russell Stover Candies Inc. filed a federal wage-and-hour lawsuit against the company, saying they [...]

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are planning to introduce legislation that could loosen the nation’s 75-year-old law governing overtime in the workplace, allowing employers and workers to choose taking compensatory time off rather than the traditional time-and-a-half pay…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/overtime-laws-gop-proposal_n_3006658.html

A directory assistance and enhanced information company with a headquarters in Hanover Township PA, has violated federal minimum wage standards since 2009, a federal judge ruled last week. New York-based KGB USA Inc. was ordered to pay $1.3 million to nearly 15,000 current and former employees, the U.S. Department of Labor announced this morning in a news [...]

California labor officials have fined a Southern California hospital chain, Pacific Health Corp., more than $7 million for not paying employee wages and bouncing payroll checks. The company operates the Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, Tustin Hospital, Newport Specialty Hospital, Bellflower Medical Center and Anaheim General Hospital. All of the locations were cited except the [...]

Anyone remember the old musical ‘The Pajama Game’? (Prez) I figured it out I figured it out With a pencil and a pad I figured it out! Seven and a half cents doesn’t buy a hell of a lot, Seven and a half cents doesn’t mean a thing! But give it to me every hour, [...]