Wages & Hours

Isn’t there a California state program that covers paid family leave?

09/19/2008

Q. I understand that the state of California has a program that offers benefits to employees who require a leave of absence to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent or domestic partner. How does this program work? …

Must we pay employee who takes family and medical leave to care for relative?

09/19/2008

Q. One of our employees will be taking a protected leave of absence to care for her ill mother. Are we required to pay her for the time off? …

Can we give higher pay to employee with degree?

09/18/2008

Q. Is it illegal to pay someone without a degree less than someone with the degree? In our case, two employees have the same title but do slightly different tasks. One has a bachelor’s in HR and the other does not. However, the one without a degree is doing all the HR duties and gets paid less than the one with a degree. The degreed employee doesn’t use her HR skills in her job at all.

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09/16/2008

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09/16/2008

GPDSC: Budget has already been cut to the bone

09/15/2008

In response to an order from Gov. Sonny Perdue to trim their budgets by 6%, state agencies have cut services, restricted travel expenses, implemented hiring freezes, put off purchases and introduced mandatory unpaid furloughs. But the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council voted in August to reject the governor’s order out of hand …

Speaking of cutting to the bone …

09/15/2008

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in Athens has granted preliminary class certification to a group of quail processors at Quail International in Greensboro who claim the company forces processors to work off the clock and through breaks in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act …

Employ commercial drivers? They have special protection

09/10/2008

Commercial drivers are protected from retaliation if they refuse to operate their vehicles in violation of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) safety rules that restrict the number of hours they may drive without resting. Firing or demoting someone for refusing to break those rules may be retaliation …

WMI hit with overtime suit contesting break practices

09/09/2008

A group of current and former drivers and ride-along helpers for Waste Management Inc. (WMI) has filed a lawsuit claiming the company routinely required them to work through breaks without pay to finish their routes on time …

Mortenson Co. sued under FLSA