Mississippi Business Journal » overtime 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 Capital City to pay fine to Labor Department for overtime violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/capital-city-to-pay-fine-to-labor-department-for-overtime-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capital-city-to-pay-fine-to-labor-department-for-overtime-violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/capital-city-to-pay-fine-to-labor-department-for-overtime-violations/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:31:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63444 JACKSON — The Department of Labor has fined the city of Jackson $31,750 for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act uncovered during a recent federal probe. The Clarion-Ledger reports the department began investigating the city in late 2011 after some unidentified officers complained that their superiors were making them work overtime without proper pay. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/capital-city-to-pay-fine-to-labor-department-for-overtime-violations/feed/ 0 Workers rack up $1M-plus in overtime http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/16/workers-rack-up-1m-plus-in-overtime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workers-rack-up-1m-plus-in-overtime http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/16/workers-rack-up-1m-plus-in-overtime/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:14:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=28722 HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg city employees earned more than $1 million in overtime last year. The Hattiesburg American reports that one fire department engineer’s overtime boosted his paycheck above the fire chief’s. The Hattiesburg American requested and analyzed salary reports for the information. It says the fire department engineer got $34,876 in overtime — doubling his [...]

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