County's time and attendance policies scrutinized by Labor Department
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched an investigation into the time and attendance policies of the Erie County, New York, Bureau of Police, the Erie Times-News reports.
According to federal labor rules, any non-exempt employee who works more than 40 hours per week should receive employee attendance compensation at a time-and-a-half rate. However, the bureau has a long-standing practice of allowing detectives to take weekdays off if they work weekends at normal pay rates.
"This was something that was agreed upon by all involved," mayor Joe Sinnott said of the arrangement, as quoted by the news source. "They didn't realize that they weren't allowed to do that."
The bureau may be required to pay back wages to all employees affected. According to bureau chief Steve Franklin, the policy has since been modified to bring it into compliance with Fair Labor Standards Act regulations.
Elsewhere in the country, a class action lawsuit was recently filed against Virginia's Loudoun County and its sheriff's office alleging that it failed to compensate dozens of its deputies for overtime work over the past three years, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
According to federal labor rules, any non-exempt employee who works more than 40 hours per week should receive employee attendance compensation at a time-and-a-half rate. However, the bureau has a long-standing practice of allowing detectives to take weekdays off if they work weekends at normal pay rates.
"This was something that was agreed upon by all involved," mayor Joe Sinnott said of the arrangement, as quoted by the news source. "They didn't realize that they weren't allowed to do that."
The bureau may be required to pay back wages to all employees affected. According to bureau chief Steve Franklin, the policy has since been modified to bring it into compliance with Fair Labor Standards Act regulations.
Elsewhere in the country, a class action lawsuit was recently filed against Virginia's Loudoun County and its sheriff's office alleging that it failed to compensate dozens of its deputies for overtime work over the past three years, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
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