Mississippi Business Journal » back pay http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Employment agency agrees to pay workers for overtime http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/employment-agency-agrees-to-pay-workers-for-overtime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=employment-agency-agrees-to-pay-workers-for-overtime http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/employment-agency-agrees-to-pay-workers-for-overtime/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74357 LAFAYETTE, La.  — An industrial services employment agency has agreed to pay nearly $2 million in back wages to more than 2,000 employees following a U.S. Labor Department investigation. The Labor Department said Lafayette, La.-based Hutco Inc. employees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas were denied overtime compensation as a result of the company’s improper payment [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/employment-agency-agrees-to-pay-workers-for-overtime/feed/ 0 Former USProtect workers to get millions in back pay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/29/former-usprotect-workers-to-get-millions-in-back-pay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-usprotect-workers-to-get-millions-in-back-pay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/29/former-usprotect-workers-to-get-millions-in-back-pay/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:54:49 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=49039 SILVER SPRINGS, Md. — The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland has approved a global settlement that allows the U.S. Department of Labor to recover $7,968,744 in back wages, fringe benefits and 401(k) plan assets for more than 2,000 security guards formerly employed by USProtect Corp., a defunct Silver Spring company that provided [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/29/former-usprotect-workers-to-get-millions-in-back-pay/feed/ 1 City manager’s firing stands, will get back pay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/16/city-managers-firing-stands-will-get-back-pay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-managers-firing-stands-will-get-back-pay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/16/city-managers-firing-stands-will-get-back-pay/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:14:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=48609 GAUTIER — The city of Gautier will pay former City Manager Sidney Runnels back pay dating from Oct. 4-Nov. 15 and grant him 12 weeks of medical leave. The Mississippi Press reports the city council also agreed Tuesday to reimburse Runnells for a nearly $1,400 insurance payment that he made after he was fired. On [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/16/city-managers-firing-stands-will-get-back-pay/feed/ 0 Judge again denies back pay to Delta tax collector http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/10/judge-again-denies-back-pay-to-delta-tax-collector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-again-denies-back-pay-to-delta-tax-collector http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/10/judge-again-denies-back-pay-to-delta-tax-collector/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:37:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=48361 GREENVILLE — A federal judge has again denied a petition from Washington County tax collector Patricia Lee, who is trying to get back pay for a period when she was under suspension. The Delta Democrat Times reports Lee had asked U.S. District Judge Michael Mills to reconsider his ruling in June that the county was [...]

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