News for March, 2009

class action filed against Alabama company for FLSA overtime violations

buff rock 100x100A filed by employees against Buffalo Rock Co. of Birmingham, Alabama has been certified as a class action , according to a report in the Birmingham News. Workers filed the in the U.S. District Court for Birmingham in 2007, alleging the company’s failure to compensate some of its sales and delivery employees for work.

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Missouri restaurant pays back wages and penalties for FLSA violations

waiter 100x100The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has cited a Missouri restaurant with numerous violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a report in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press.

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Card dealers win labor case against Palm Beach club

poker flush 100x100A group of poker dealers in Palm Beach, Florida won a in federal court this week filed against the Palm Beach Kennel Club Entertainment Complex for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The workers alleged that managers of the club skimmed money off their tips to pay supervisors working the card room floor. According to the Palm Beach Post, the club failed to prove to the jury that it operated a legal tip pool under the FLSA regulations.

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FLSA compliance creates difficulties for Annapolis school secretaries

school secretary 100x100The Capital, a newspaper serving the Annapolis, Maryland area, recently ran an interesting article explaining how the Annapolis County school board has been violating the Fair Labor Standards Act for 30 years because it averaged pay for school secretaries rather than pay them specific hourly wages. The violation was discovered last year when school officials installed a new payroll system.

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