Baltimore police to alter ‘open checkbook’ overtime tactic

September 11, 2018 Leave a comment

A Baltimore police officer wraps up a line of yellow tape after blocking off Eastern Avenue in Greektown earlier this year. “I think we’re trending in the right direction,” Mayor Catherine Pugh told reporters Wednesday about the city’s crime-prevention efforts. ‘I’m excited by the work.’ (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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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Supreme Court rules for car dealerships in overtime case

April 2, 2018 Leave a comment

In this Oct. 10, 2017 photo, the Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset. The Supreme Court is being asked to take a case about whether eye drops are too big. Don’t roll your eyes. Major players in American’s medicine cabinets are now asking the high court to take the case. On the other side are patients using the companies’ drops to treat glaucoma and other conditions. They say wasted medication affects their wallets. They argue they should be able to sue. Drug companies, however, say the patients’ argument is based on speculation and a bottle that doesn’t exist. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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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Editorial Advisory Board: Time for change at BPD

March 1, 2018 Leave a comment

In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Baltimore Police Department Officer Jordan Distance stands on a street corner during a foot patrol in Baltimore. Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, repeatedly use excessive force and are not adequately held accountable for misconduct, according to a harshly critical Justice Department report being presented Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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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Federal jury finds wage violation in Baltimore FLSA suit

April 28, 2017 Leave a comment

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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Md. businesses in holding pattern with overtime rule blocked by court

November 23, 2016 Leave a comment

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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Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many

November 22, 2016 Leave a comment

In the 1970′s, over 65 percent of America's salaried workforce was covered by the nation's overtime rules. Because of the 2004 overtime regulations, which dramatically weakened coverage, that number has now shrunk to 7 percent, one expert says. (Photo Illustration/Thinkstock)

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 ...

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New overtime laws bringing changes to white-collar businesses

October 25, 2016 Leave a comment

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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Overtime pay may become reality for more Md., US workers

May 18, 2016 Leave a comment

President Barack Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, May 6, 2016, about the economy and new steps to strengthen financial transparency and combat money laundering, corruption, and tax evasion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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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Md. health care firm facing 150 lawsuits from home care workers

September 18, 2015 Leave a comment

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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Obama to expand overtime pay for salaried workers

March 12, 2014 Leave a comment

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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