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Entrepreneur
July 2003
Stephen Barlas |
Clocking In For low-wage workers, overtime may get more lucrative.   |
Inc.
January 2007
Dee Gill |
Do Your Employees Qualify For Overtime? In many cases, reasons for not paying employees overtime are not legally valid. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Carey Bartell |
Are Your Overtime Pay Practices In Check? Many mortgage lenders are reviewing their own overtime pay practices to avoid a Department of Labor investigation or overtime pay lawsuit -- and the associated back wages and penalties. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Avoiding Overtime Losses Managers and executives are joining class-action lawsuits that insist their companies have denied them millions of dollars in overtime pay. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Chris Penttila |
Compensating Overtime Employees Here's why one entrepreneur hired on an HR person to take care of overtime pay. |
AskMen.com
Terence Channon |
Work Overtime Strategically Working overtime is a reality for most of us. Learn how to work overtime strategically by following our tips. |
Registered Rep.
May 22, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Brokers Ring Up Another Big Overtime-Pay Settlement Citigroup has agreed to pay a up to $98 million, a record-breaking figure, to past and present advisors to settle their overtime-pay claims. |
Entrepreneur
December 2003
Julie Monahan |
Overtime Overhaul? Congress challenges proposed changes to overtime eligibility. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Ready to Punch the Clock? Most registered reps compare themselves to professionals, such as doctors and lawyers. However, it seems that according to an interpretation of federal law, financial advisors may be held to the same labor law standards as an hourly employee. |
Entrepreneur
October 2004
Chris Penttila |
Time's Up New U.S. Department of Labor laws that deetermine who gets overtime and who doesn't are described as "clear as mud." Meanwhile, states with laws that are more employee-friendly than federal laws can trump the feds. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Where's My Money? After California brokers won $37 million in an overtime lawsuit against Merrill Lynch in August, a slew of copycat lawsuits have been filed against other brokerage firms, many of them in New York. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Wall Street Wage Fight An activist labor lawyer's allegations, if correct, raise serious issues on compensation practices at financial institutions. By applying a landmark, Depression-era labor law to the brokerage business, he has settled class-action suits against two wirehouse firms in California already. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Department of Labor to Brokers: No Overtime Pay for You Here is a new twist in the broker overtime pay lawsuits: The Department of Labor (DOL) says brokers are not entitled to overtime pay after all. Well, that is, unless the DOL is wrong, which it allowed could be the case. (No kidding.) |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Wall Street Bonuses Are Back! Wall Street is back on a hiring and spending spree -- does it matter? |
CFO
October 1, 2006
John Goff |
Pain-and-a-Half What's behind the startling rise in overtime lawsuits? Confusion, collusion, and a dash of retribution. |
Job Journal
September 14, 2003
Bob Rosner |
A Law for All Who Labor Labor laws safeguard your right to fair wages for your work. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Michael Orey |
Labor Law Time Warp America's New Deal-era overtime laws need updating, but the political will is lacking. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Mark Henricks |
Working Classes To exempt or not to exempt? That's a tricky question. Misclassifying your employees could land you in hot water, so do it right. |
Sports Central
January 21, 2009
Josh Galligan |
A College Football-esque NFL Overtime? Dare we hope to get both of these changes soon? And do we even want a college football-esque NFL overtime system? |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Ready to Punch a Time Clock Merrill Lynch paid $37 million to settle claims that it owes thousands of former brokers overtime pay. Now, class-action attorneys smell blood. |
Registered Rep.
February 9, 2006
John Churchill |
Pro Or Hourly Wage Earner? UBS Pays $89 Million to Settle Overtime Suits The settlement resolves claims that UBS incorrectly classified financial advisors and financial advisor trainees as exempt from overtime pay under federal and U.S. state laws. |
Registered Rep.
November 29, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Merrill Lynch to Pay National Overtime Settlement The financial firm has decided to consolidate the numerous overtime lawsuits that have been filed against the firm and settle nationally with its brokers. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Everybody Wants Their Overtime UBS said it has agreed to pay $89 million to settle class-action wage and hours claims of reps filed this past summer in several federal courts. |
Fast Company
Lydia Dishman |
New Rules For Overtime Pay: Blessing Or Curse For Business? President Obama announced this morning that the Department of Labor will propose to raise the salary threshold below which workers must receive overtime pay to $50,440 in 2016. |
U.S. Banker
May 2011
Glen Fest |
Overdue on Overtime Many banks are still struggling with incorporating new hourly wage rules for mortgage loan officers, nearly a year after they went into effect. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003
Norm Brodsky |
The Sales Commission Dilemma There's a better way to reward salespeople. |
Inc.
February 1, 2003
Christopher Caggiano |
Red Tape: Are You Cheating Your Employees? Litigation from wage-and-hour disputes is skyrocketing. And you may be breaking the law without even knowing it. |
Registered Rep.
August 8, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
A.G. Edwards' Challenge to OT Pay Fails Are registered reps hourly employees and, therefore, entitled to overtime? The overtime-pay case keeps getting stronger. A California court announced that it would not dismiss an overtime-pay case brought against A.G. Edwards. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Expert's Corner: Look Before You Lay Off Let's explore three of the most common staff reduction options available to employers -- layoffs, reductions in workweeks or salary, and furloughs -- and address some of the legal pitfalls that can be associated with each. |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2007 |
The Clock And The Paycheck In response to a story about overtime pay, many readers cheered workers getting their due; others lamented a litigious and indolent America. |
Inc.
June 2004
Jess McCuan |
Overtime Reform Overdoses on Politics The 66-year-old Fair Labor Standards Act is set to be overhauled by August 23, granting overtime to more low-income workers, reducing it for $100,000+ earners, and redefining eligibility for the service sector. |
Global Services
July 30, 2007
Vashistha & Khan |
Hire and Fire: Regional Labor Laws In these times when businesses thrive on global labor, companies must know and understand the employment laws of the countries they operate in. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Michael Orey |
Wage Wars Workers - from truck drivers to stockbrokers - are winning huge overtime lawsuits. |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Overtime Claims Make Their Way To Schwab The lawyers involved in a number of overtime cases against major wirehouse firms, including UBS and Merrill Lynch, filed a new one against Charles Schwab in July. |
Sports Central
October 17, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: What's the Point? NHL teams get a point for an overtime loss. Where else have I seen this? Oh, yeah -- nowhere. |
Sports Central
March 3, 2010
Brad Oremland |
The Best Way to Fix Overtime An spokesman for the NFL announced that the league could change its overtime format for playoff games, starting next year. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Overtime Settlements Stacking Up Citigroup agreed in mid-May to pay a record $98 million to past and present advisors to settle their overtime-pay claims. It's the fourth major financial firm to settle a class-action suit regarding overtime pay within the past 10 months. |
IndustryWeek
December 14, 2011
John Frehse |
The Overtime Lie How corporate strategy is holding hostage millions of dollars in profit. |
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Morgan Stanley Offers $50 million In Overtime Settlement The settlement covers all financial advisors, trainees, producing branch managers, assistant branch managers and sales managers who live outside of California and were employed with the New York-based firm between Sept. 1, 2002, and April 21, 2008. |
Sports Illustrated
November 15, 2000
Ivan Maisel |
Inside College Football The abundance of OT games has brought thrills and an element of luck... |
Inc.
June 1, 2003
Jess McCuan |
Comp Time Swaps Soon to Be Legit Private companies may soon be able to offer hourly employees paid leave time instead of overtime pay if Congress passes a bill as expected. |
AskMen.com
Dimitri A.C. Ly |
Salary Negotiation Myths Here is the truth behind five salary negotiation myths that have kept honest workers from getting the remuneration they deserve. |
AskMen.com
May 3, 2001
Armando Gomez |
20 Salary Negotiation Tips Whether you're a banker or a sales rep, grab a pad and paper and take some notes. These 20 salary negotiation tips may just make the difference between that five and six-figure paycheck... |
Investment Advisor
July 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
B/d Briefing: Two Faces of Wall Street Few financial professionals expect to work a 40-hour week on Wall Street. So it was surprising to see the extent of rep participation in class-action lawsuits over broker overtime, and the astounding settlements that have been awarded. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Get Yourself a Raise With increasing evidence of a slowing economy, you might not think it's the best time to ask for a raise. But even though many companies are reducing their expected salary bumps in 2008, that shouldn't stop you from getting as much compensation as you deserve. |
Sports Central
May 15, 2006
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Working Overtime The NHL should revisit another pressing problem: playoff overtime. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Dexter Roberts |
A Long March For Workers The rapid growth of private enterprise in China is likely to mean longer working hours - often without overtime pay. |
Job Journal
May 8, 2005
Max Carey |
Decision Time When deciding which job offer is right for you, consider factors such as whether you will fit in and if you will like the work. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005 |
Figures 03/05 College grads heading to Vegas... Small business expect less overtime in 2005... How many e-mails does Bill Gates receive in a day?... More men than women think economy improved in late 2004... etc. |
AskMen.com
Dimitri A.C. Ly |
Taking A Salary Cut Here are three pros and three cons to keep in mind as you decide whether taking a salary cut is the right option for you. |
