Lead Buzz 10/05
Busted for off-the-clock work, the cost of employees who smoke, and more
By Chris Penttila •
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The Department of Labor is going after off-the-clock work. Inone high-profile case last winter, Cingular Wireless was ordered topay $5.1 million in overtime and back wages to more than 25,000call-center employees who worked past their scheduled shifts.
In the wireless workplace, the on-the-clock/off-the-clock linehas blurred, but federal rules remain the same. Non-exemptemployees in all companies must be paid for all the time they work,even if it happens before they sign in or after they sign out."If they're working, the employer has to pay them,"says Jonathan Segal, who works on wage and hour issues as anemployment partner with the WolfBlock law firm in Philadelphia.
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