Company to pay almost $400,000 in back overtime

The U.S. Labor Department says a British contractor has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in back overtime wages.

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Calif. pays billions in overtime to state workers

California auditors say some state employees earned more than $150,000 a year in overtime as the state paid out more than $2.1 billion in overtime during the past five years.

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UPS socked with $100M overtime lawsuit

Shipping giant UPS is being accused of not paying overtime to account managers who go door-to-door making sales pitches to businesses.

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Bowling Green and Buffalo set overtime record

Bowling Green and Buffalo combined to set an NCAA record for points in an overtime period as the two teams scored 39 in the Falcons' 89-82 win Wednesday night.

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Audit: FBI agents billed $45k apiece for Iraq OT

Taxpayers were billed an average of $45,000 in overtime and extra pay for each FBI agent temporarily posted to Iraq over the course of four years, according to a new Justice Department report. In some cases, agents were paid to watch movies, exercise and attend parties.

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When campaigns arrive, locals pay dearly

Democratic presidential candidate may get the votes of his neighbors in the Hyde Park section of Chicago, but at the moment they’re mighty unhappy with their senator. And they’re going to stay that way at least until Election Day.

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How Some Companies Manipulate (Cheat) Their Workforce

There seem to be a number of people, here at Newsvine and elsewhere, you are hardwired to the belief that all is on the up and up with American business, that employers are benevolent masters who are merely looking out for the interests of the company as well as the welfare of th …

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Fact: We'd intended all season to go to last night's Storm/Sparks game at KeyArena.

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three L'Ile de la Tentation contestants who spent 12 days wearing very little, massaging each other and dancing on an island off the Mexican coast can now call their participation work under French labour laws – which stipulate that no one can be made to work more than 35 hours …

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A New York town's decades-long struggle with police corruption has its mayor considering potential measures most would consider drastic: disbanding the entire department and declaring "martial law."

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COLUMBUS - Despite an order by Gov. Ted Strickland to reduce overtime, 28 state employees received at least $50,000 in overtime pay last year, compared with 11 employees in 2007, according to a newspaper's analysis.

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Real Time with Murdock Steve

Here's the transcript from Real Time with Bill Maher Overtime Segment February 20, 2009

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The Clark County School Board on Thursday cracked down on an "open-ended" overtime policy that put Clark County School District police officers and support staff among its highest earners.

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The NFL will re-evaluate its overtime policies in the offseason, commissioner Roger Goodell said in his annual Super Bowl address Friday.

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If the Super Bowl goes into overtime for the first time ever, it's fairly certain who will be victorious: the team that wins the coin toss. In the first round of the playoffs, the Chargers beat the Colts 23-17 in OT, marching down the field for a touchdown after winning the toss.

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Telepeformance is a facing a class action lawsuit filed by several current and former customer service representatives of the company. The lawsuit alleges that Teleperformance (TPUSA nad CallTech) failed to pay wages and overtime for all hours worked.

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For decades, California employers have griped about state laws governing overtime pay and lunch breaks, contending that they raise costs and darken the business climate.

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Blocking the Bailout: Follow the money: Overtime circa 2004

The anti-union discussions started getting into overtime pay and it made me remember something. In 2004 President Bush's Department of Labor instituted new rules when it comes to overtime pay.

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One part of news is "group of Apple technical staffers filed suit against Apple alleging that the company denied them overtime pay and meal compensation. Both the pay and meal compensation are required by California state law.".

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One of Toyota's senior car engineers died from working too many hours, a Japanese labour bureau has found. The 45-year-old man was developing a hybrid version of Toyota's successful Camry line at the time of his death.

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Does my husband have something to hide?

Q. My hubby works crazy hours and I'm really understanding as he pays all my bills, but Im tired of this crap, let me tell you. Today he's got a meeting every Wednesday at 3.30pm.

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This is the time of the year that we all live for, just great end-to-end hockey and the game could go either way. Locked in a 1 -1 tie the Habs charged into overtime with 3 great chances.

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Habs beat the Sabers in OT

Habs out muscle the the sabers to tie it up with 14 seconds to go and win in it on OT with a goal from Chris Higgens. The Habs are on fire! 4-3 habs

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IBM in recent months has been hit with lawsuits filed on behalf of thousands of U.S. employees who claim the company illegally classified them as exempt from federal and state overtime statutes in order to avoid paying them extra whenever they worked more than 40 hours per week.

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The Wobblies ride again! The dramatic battles of the American labor movement were often fought in hazardous settings like the coal fields of Kentucky or the textile mills of Massachusetts.

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The Chicago Bears won a football game Sunday in a way that is possible only in the National Football League.

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A little more than 5 1/2 minutes remained in regulation Sunday and the Denver Broncos led the Bears by 14. Rex Grossman was staggering through a three-turnover day. Cedric Benson was on crutches after suffering a first-half ankle injury.

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UK independent looking to break the traditional development salary cycle Free Radical Design is aiming to challenge the way other independent studios do business by improving its staff's payment system - and start paying them overtime, Develop can reveal.

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From the beginning of history, sincere reformers as well as demagogues have sought to abolish or at least to alleviate poverty through state action. In most cases their proposed remedies have only served to make the problem worse.

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When Michal Rozsival's slap shot found the back of the net in the second overtime in the Rangers' 2-1 win Sunday, it not only gave the Blueshirts life in their series against the Buffalo Sabres, but it also prevented a controversy over an earlier disallowed goal by Rangers defens …

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And apparently Peter King has brought it up again this year, but Football Ousiders has a more elegant solution - overtime is like pizza.

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