The Federal Emergency Management Agency has informed employees whove worked extra hours battling a record wave of natural disasters in 2017 that they may have to pay back some of their overtime.
The federal agency tasked with combating workplace discrimination is about to get a Republican majority for the first time in a decade, inspiring relief among employers and anxiety among workers rights advocates.
By granting caregiver leave automatically to women but not to men, JP Morgan is violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans sex discrimination in employment, the plaintiff's lawyers say.
House Republicans passed a measure that would allow companies to offer employees compensatory time rather than time-and-a-half pay. The bill passed on a largely party-line vote of 229 to 197.
Overtime was one of several issues on which the labor chief criticized Donald Trump, who drew a larger share of the union vote than any Republican since Ronald Reagan.
Just as states have moved to hike their minimum wage in the absence of federal action, a patchwork of new state overtime laws could develop if Obamas solution doesnt take effect.
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