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Overtime Laws - Your Right to Overtime Pay
Hourly employees always want to know about their rights to a lunch break. Heck, lunch is important to me too! But what about overtime laws? Employees definitely want to know about overtime labor laws as well...

Employers Calculation of Overtime Hours Often Incorrect
Employers and employees are often confused about how many hours an employee must work before overtime must be paid. California law is more complicated than most states on this point, but it is also much more generous to employees than most...

California Lowers Standards for Computer Software Professional Overtime Exemption
As explained in various posts on this blog, California employees are presumed to deserve overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 in one week or 8 in one day, even if they are paid a salary, unless the employer can prove that an exemption to that rule applies...

Court: Overtime Pay Required Even Where the Employee Was Not Authorized to Work Overtime
A recent decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals demonstrates that an employer can be liable for overtime pay even if employees have been forbidden to work overtime. The case is Chao v...

Pay Overtime - Even When it Violates Policy
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that an employee who works overtime must be paid for those hours even though he/she may have been prohibited from working overtime...

Another outrageous overtime situation in Wisconsin
Lately there have been several stories about government employees and overtime pay. I covered the gaming of the overtime/sick leave system by jail guards, and recently there was also a report on excessive overtime with nurses and other state employees...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
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Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
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Dumb California Laws
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Overtime, CA
California, you may be entitled to overtime wages

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Zumiez
Reaches Tentative Settlement in California Overtime Class Action

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Overtime
You may be entitled to overtime pay.

IT Personnel Overtime
alleging IT personnel are not receiving the overtime pay they are due.