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Seattle Times | 1 day ago

Class action allowed in Cargill plant wage fight

...a substantial amount of time each day on these activities without getting paid. The plaintiffs say the federal Fair Labor Standards Act requires the company to pay for preparation and...

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AP Online | 1 day ago

Class action allowed in Cargill plant wage fight

...a substantial amount of time each day on these activities without getting paid. The plaintiffs say the federal Fair Labor Standards Act requires the company to pay for preparation and...

A Nashville-based landscaping company has agreed to pay nearly $450,000 in back wages to 81 employees, after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company failed to, as a Department of Labor news release put it, "ensure employees received federal minimum wages and overtime payments required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. "

Landscape company hit with $450,000 bill for back wages bizjournals | 1 week ago

bizjournals: Local Business News | 4 days ago

Parkland Health & Hospital System wins nurse's overtime lawsuit

...she alleged to have been required to work "off-the-clock" during what should have been meal break time under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But in 2008, the court refused to certify the...

San Antonio Express News | 1 week ago

Cobra Stone workers get back wages

...commercial and residential construction projects. The company has agreed to future compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Comments 0 comment(s) on "Cobra Stone workers get back...

bizjournals | 1 week ago

Landscape company hit with $450,000 bill for back wages

...Labor news release put it, "ensure employees received federal minimum wages and overtime payments required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. " According to the news release, Peach Tree...

The Daily Utah Chronicle | 1 week ago

Tip amount should be a personal decision

...staff. The waitress who brought the appeal claimed that the tip pool violated her rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act, but the court disagreed. As servers feel further...

Inquirer Local and Regional News | 1 week ago

Specter assails Sestak on campaign payroll

...launch a Web site, NoDoughJoe.org, to highlight what it says are the low salaries on Sestak's team. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act requires that workers be paid a minimum wage, as...

The Tennessean | 2 weeks ago

Franklin police to cut costs by working longer shifts

...being two hours over the standard 40-hour workweek, Franklin police say that is in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Each officer will receive regular pay for those two...

The Seattle Times | 2 weeks ago

Court says wait staff 'tip pools' in eateries are legal

...arguments by a waitress at a Portland restaurant who claimed the pooling arrangement violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. PORTLAND - A federal appeals court has ruled that...

Portland Oregonian | 2 weeks ago

Federal court rules Oregon restaurant tipping pools OK

...week rejected arguments by a waitress at a Portland restaurant who claimed the pooling arrangement violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. Misty Cumbie argued that because the tip pool...

Salt Lake City Tribune/Deseret News | 2 weeks ago

Probe aimed at restaurants

...regulations, said Lee Ann Dunbar, the Wage and Hour Division's district director in Salt Lake City. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employers pay covered workers at...

New York Business | 2 weeks ago

Waldorf waiters sue for lost tips

...of Eric Goode's restaurants, who are accusing management of violating New York Labor Laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Readers are solely responsible for the content of the...