overtime
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Colorado Supreme Court rules Amazon must include ‘holiday incentive pay’ in overtime calculations
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Amazon’s incentive payments to employees for work performed on holidays must be part of overtime pay calculations under the state’s wage regulations. The decision is a victory for Dan Hamilton, an Amazon worker who filed a class action lawsuit alleging the company improperly excluded holiday incentive pay…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs Amazon’s obligation to pay millions more in overtime
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Members of the state Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that Colorado will be an outlier among all states if its wage regulations require companies to include incentive pay for time worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime compensation. At the same time, the justices repeatedly returned to the text of the disputed regulation, which provides…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs Amazon’s obligation to pay millions more in overtime
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Members of the state Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that Colorado will be an outlier among all states if its wage regulations require companies to include incentive pay for time worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime compensation. At the same time, the justices repeatedly returned to the text of the disputed regulation, which provides…
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Colorado Supreme Court to analyze how wage law applies to Amazon holiday pay
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced it will decide whether Amazon is complying with the state’s wage law by excluding shifts worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime pay. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The case addressing overtime pay came to the Supreme Court through an…
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10th Circuit rejects attempt to block Vail Resorts from settling wage claims
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has declined to let three Vail Resorts employees block the ski conglomerate from finalizing a $13 million settlement over alleged wage violations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit’s decision on Tuesday replaced a previous order from June. Initially, a three-judge panel believed the plaintiffs’ appeal…
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Amazon not required to factor holiday ‘incentive pay’ into overtime calculation, federal judge rules
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Amazon is not violating Colorado law by failing to include a specific category of employee labor – working on holidays for time-and-a-half pay – into its calculation of overtime, a federal judge ruled earlier this month. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against the retail giant, brought by an…
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State Supreme Court delivers partial win for truckers in overtime pay case
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The state Supreme Court delivered a mixed ruling to four truck drivers on Monday, finding that two of them qualified for overtime pay under state wage rules because they never left Colorado and, therefore, were not interstate drivers. The remaining two, however, fell under an exemption to the rules that barred them from receiving overtime…
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Interstate vs. intrastate: State Supreme Court weighs meaning of overtime law for truckers
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Did Colorado’s wage regulations entitle four truck drivers to overtime pay because they worked almost exclusively within state lines? Or did Colorado actually mimic federal rules for interstate truckers and render the four men ineligible? Last week, JP Trucking, Inc., which is based in Gypsum, told the Colorado Supreme Court that the state’s minimum wage…
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Judge gives tentative OK to class-action lawsuit against King Soopers
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A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a class-action lawsuit against The Kroger Company seeking to allow salaried supervisors at King Soopers, a brand of Kroger, to recover overtime compensation they are allegedly owed. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer certified, as a class of plaintiffs, all current and former supervisors of…
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Vigil: Federal overtime law change could have disastrous consequences for local governments
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A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor is causing great concern among local governments and the education community – and it should. The changes, if implemented, will result in a reduction in services and benefits provided to employees, students, and taxpayers. My conclusion comes from decades of personal experience in local government and…
