Not Eligible for Overtime Pay? Starting This December, You May Be. The Department of Labor Issues
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor announced its new rule updating overtime regulations greatly expanding the number of employees eligible to receive time and a half overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. This long anticipated rule change promises to provide a much needed boost in pay to millions of American workers who, until now, have been deemed ineligible for overtime wages. In 1975, more that 60% of salaried workers were eligible for overtime. A
Arbitrator Rules that Union May Negotiate and Enforce Agreement for Suspension with Pay for Officer
In the recent arbitration case of City of Newark and The Police Superior Officers’ Association, Inc., NJSBM Case No,: 15-0282, (December 1, 2015), Arbitrator Perry O. Lehrer required Newark, a civil service municipality, to pay a suspended police captain while he awaited the disposition of the criminal charges pending against him that led to his suspension. The Arbitrator determined that an officer’s receipt of payment while on suspension due to pending criminal charges is a
