A deputy commissioner of a Maryland police department says the agency is working on plans to change its "open checkbook" approach to overtime.
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Read More »September 11, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore police to alter ‘open checkbook’ overtime tactic
A deputy commissioner of a Maryland police department says the agency is working on plans to change its "open checkbook" approach to overtime.
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Read More »April 2, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Court rules for car dealerships in overtime case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that car dealerships’ service advisers, like car salesmen and mechanics, are exempt under federal law from overtime pay requirements. The court ruled 5-4 that service advisers, who greet customers and propose various repair ...
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Read More »March 1, 2018 Comments Off on Editorial Advisory Board: Time for change at BPD
The Baltimore Police Department is in a time of crisis. Ineptitude and corruption exist at many levels in the department. It is time for systemic change. Crime has soared since the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising, police overtime is out of ...
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Read More »April 28, 2017 Comments Off on Federal jury finds wage violation in Baltimore FLSA suit
A federal jury Thursday awarded approximately $25,000 to a man who was misclassified as a salaried employee for more than six years and not paid overtime. Andre Jackson worked for ReliaSource Inc., a Baltimore technological services company, from May 2009 through ...
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Read More »November 23, 2016 Comments Off on Md. businesses in holding pattern with overtime rule blocked by court
A federal judge’s 11th-hour ruling that blocks new overtime pay rules means Maryland employers can keep the status quo and drop their frantic rush to meet the Dec. 1 regulations, labor and employment law experts said Wednesday. But the ruling ...
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Read More »November 22, 2016 Comments Off on Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many
LAS VEGAS — In a blow to the Obama administration’s labor-law plans, a federal court has blocked the start of a rule that would have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay heading into the ...
Read More »October 25, 2016 Comments Off on New overtime laws bringing changes to white-collar businesses
White-collar workers across the country will see a change in how their employers compensate them and handle their hours starting Dec. 1, when changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act will extend the right to overtime pay to an additional ...
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Read More »May 18, 2016 Comments Off on Overtime pay may become reality for more Md., US workers
More than 4 million U.S. workers — included an estimated 80,000 in Maryland — will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules to be issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. The policy changes are intended to counter erosion in ...
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Read More »September 18, 2015 Comments Off on Md. health care firm facing 150 lawsuits from home care workers
A national provider of home health care workers based in Columbia faces dozens of lawsuits claiming the company improperly classified workers to avoid paying them minimum wage and overtime. As of Friday afternoon, 73 complaints have been filed in U.S. ...
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Read More »March 12, 2014 Comments Off on Obama to expand overtime pay for salaried workers
President Barack Obama will direct the Labor Department to strengthen overtime pay protections for millions of workers, a White House official said.
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