Operator pays $545,000 in back wages for denying overtime to workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 01, 2023
An owner and operator of five residential care homes in central California has been accused of denying overtime pay to 42 caregivers and ordered to pay $545,655 in back pay and damages.
Paid time off is fringe benefit unrelated to salary, court rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 07, 2023
An employer was victorious when an appellate court recently ruled that paid time off is a fringe benefit that is not related to salary.
Millions more salaried employees would be eligible for overtime pay under federal bill
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 31, 2023
Millions more salaried American workers would be eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week under a bill reintroduced Wednesday by Democratic legislators in both bodies of Congress
$200,000 plus overtime? Don’t laugh
By
John O'Connor
Mar 02, 2023
Would your senior living organization like to deal with yet another compliance hurdle? Well then, here you go: The nation’s highest court just ruled that workers pulling down C-suite compensation may...
Overtime rule sometimes applies to ‘highly paid’ workers, Supreme Court rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2023
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that, under certain circumstances, “highly paid” employees can be eligible for overtime pay if they are paid daily rather than on a salaried basis.
Proposed overtime rule slated for May publication
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2023
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s proposed overtime rule will be published in May, according to the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions published earlier this...
Business briefs, Nov. 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
Labor management, rate increases help drive 6th consecutive quarter of growth for Sonida … AMDA, other healthcare associations release toolkit covering COVID-19 vaccination, therapeutics in long-term...
Senior living community fined for not paying overtime to salaried employee
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 13, 2022
A senior living community serving more than 900 residents will pay almost $7,000 in back wages after denying a salaried worker overtime wages, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
Overtime pay threshold, ‘joint employer’ regulation updates coming in 2022
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2021
The federal government plans to propose updates to the threshold for overtime pay and joint employment regulations in the new year.
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 8
Jan 08, 2020
Federal government challenges ‘conscience rule’ court decisions … Real estate development start-up eyes growth in senior living … Labor Department issues opinion letters covering overtime pay,...