Sentences with phrase «state employee overtime»

ALBANY, NY (04/30/2013)(readMedia)-- CSEA — New York's leading union today charged the latest figures on New York's excessive state employee overtime costs reveal the glaring deficiencies in the Cuomo administration's management by news release.

Democratic House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz says the money will come from various cuts and savings from certain budget line items, including state employee overtime.

Not exact matches

A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

Parent is involved in several lawsuits in which the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid overtime compensation and other damages based on allegations that various employees of Electronic Data Systems Corporation («EDS») or Parent have been misclassified as exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and / or in violation of the California Labor Code or other state laws.

On October 8, 2014, JPMC agreed to pay up to $ 12 million to settle claims that certain of its tellers and other bank employees — a total of approximately 145,000 employees in 12 states — were not paid proper wages or overtime because JPMC did not count some hours worked.

Levy, who is seeking the GOP nod for governor, said the new state legislation creating a tier five for new state and municipal employees would cut the overtime allowed in the final average salaries to 15 percent, but the impact of that measure will not be felt for decades.

Levy, in a Hauppauge news conference Tuesday, said the 20 percent of overtime that state, school and municipal employees are now allowed to include as part of their final average salary should be cut to 10 percent.

The contract for Krumpter's immediate predecessor, Flynn, who retired in November 2016, created controversy after Newsday reported earlier this year that Flynn had overtime payments written into his contract and was paid a salary of $ 311,961 in the 2016 - 17 fiscal year, during which he was the third - highest paid employee in the state.

The state investigation into the use of overtime to increase the pensions of public employees, started with great fanfare in 2010 when then - AG Cuomo was prepare to run for governor, has been dropped without so much as a report.

If it was really about savings the governor would be allowing vacancies to be filled with new entry - level employees at a savings to the state instead of allowing agencies to rack up overtime.

Overall, DiNapoli's office says that so far this year, state employees have worked more than 7.8 million overtime hours.

Government employees around the state — from commissioners to toll collectors to mechanics — are padding their lifelong pensions by working huge amounts of overtime right before they retire, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo reported yesterday.

Generally, state employees who are eligible for overtime compensation are paid at a rate of one - and - a-half times their regular pay.

While total earnings for all state employees have declined in the past two years, overtime pay has continued to increase during that time.

The answer, McKinney said, is fundamental changes in the state pension system that would include placing state employees into a 401 (k) plan and eliminating the ability of state employees to increase their pensions by working a huge number of overtime hours in their final years of employment.

The reclassification problem arises when a federal or state government agency claims that your ICs are really employees and that you are therefore liable for unpaid withholding taxes or overtime.

State law requires you pay your employee overtime for 2 hours.

Many federal and state laws regulate the relationship between employer and employee, for example minimum wage laws, rules about vacation time and overtime, and rules about when employees can be fired.

Similarly, employment agreements for managerial employees and other overtime - exempt employees should clearly state that these employees are not eligible for overtime pay.

There are some exempted employees from state and federal overtime laws such as professionals, executives, some salespersons, and a portion of truck drivers.

The policy stated that employees in Level 7 positions and individuals with management functions were generally exempt from overtime, and that employees performing jobs classified as Levels 1 to 6 were generally eligible for overtime, unless they performed management functions.

Employers sometimes face audits by the United States Department of Labor investigating contentions by disgruntled employees (current and former) that they are owed overtime or minimum wages.

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), along with varying state laws, has established employee protections such as a minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, along with other employment standards.

• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and local payroll as well as returns for multiple authorities on monthly basis.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independant contractors would have received if classified as employees.

As a result of trying to avoid treating at - home workers as employees, Rosen indicates that background screening firms can potentially face liability for federal and state payroll taxes that should have been paid for misclassified workers, substantial penalties to the IRS or state, fees and damages if litigation is involved, and responsibility for benefits and overtime pay the independent contractors would have received if classified as employees.