Working employees through lunches; Requiring employees to clock out at the end of the shift but continue working; Requiring employees to come in early to prepare for work or begin working off the clock; Taking employees off the clock when work is slow but requiring them to remain on the work...
Employers are asking their employees to work longer and harder and make less. They ask employees to work off the clock both before and after shifts, through lunch, and on weekends and holidays. We can all agree that more work should equal more pay. But, more pay equals less profit for ...
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Posted on December 28, 2023Author National Law ForumCategories Labor & Employment, Legislation, State and Local LawTags business, employee handbooks, government, labor and employment, legal, New York employment laws, New York labor laws, New York noncompete bans, New York noncompete laws, NLRB,...
“Waiting time” refers to time spent on the clock that is not spent doing job duties. To learn more, visit our Waiting Time page. On-Call Time “On-call time” refers to the time when you are required to be available to perform job duties when needed, even if you are not in the...
desire to create a holiday for workers. Oregon was the first state to pass it as a legal holiday in 1887, and by the end of the same year, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York had passed laws creating a Labor Day holiday. President Grover Cleveland made it afederal holiday...
The system is also fragile, union representatives said. If an employee fails to enter something in one a time field—for example, if they take lunch and fail to clock out by entering “meal,” or accidentally enter “out,” which means they’re done for the day, that can cause problems...
Neither federal nor California labor law protects all employees. Rather, these laws are intended to aid average working people rather than CEOs or professionals with high salaries. Many labor laws have exemptions, and those who meet the terms of the exemptions are exempt from the protection of th...
While the requirement may seem relatively straightforward, employers have often failed to fulfill the minimum wage to their workers including “off the clock” hours. Most of these cases are as a result of the employers’ failure to account for hours worked. ...
Not paying for “off the clock” efforts:If an employee is doing job-related tasks, training, or meetings outside regular work hours, that counts as work—whether the employer knows of the activities and authorized them or not.15 Not paying for working during breaks or being on call: If ...