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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721, which represents more than 7,000 city workers including traffic officers, gardeners, mechanics, custodians, lifeguards, engineers and scores of other government jobs, told the Times they have reached their limit with the number of vacant positions that plague city agencies, forcing workers to work huge amounts of overtime.

But megagrants can help drive business strategy, and as the strategy changes overtime, a megagrant may help focus executives on the long-term strategy.

Fisher cited the example of organizations possibly tracking the percentage of workers who use their entire time-off benefit, the amount of overtime people put in, or the volume of work-related emails sent on weekends.

Some of the key features displayed during the demo included: Demand-based scheduling;Site-specific scheduling process adherence;Highly configurable scheduling workflows;Flexible OT detection and equalization Ultimately, SchedulePro does more; than just assign cost-effective employees to keep overtime costs down.

“Sometimes there are also calculations that have to happen as they relate to overtime.”

For example, organizations could track the percentage of workers who use their entire time-off benefit, the amount of overtime people put in, or the volume of work-related emails sent on weekends, they said.

In addition, if an ERG leader is nonexempt and the work they do for the group takes place outside of their regular shift, that individual would be entitled to overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for any work performed over 40 hours in a week, Adams said.

The appeal of this type of contract-based employment relationship model for companies is more productivity while not having to pay for benefits (health insurance, paid time off, retirement programs), not having to pay minimum wage, or follow overtime laws (unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, and payroll taxes) and not even having to own a fleet of vehicles to compete in the industry as taxi companies and some restaurants must do (Drake 2020; Jaffe 2021; Kolmar 2022).

Employee costs have increased substantially as a result of COVID-19 pay and overtime.

The six factors the DOL would consider in the economic realities of a working relationship are: Opportunity for profit or loss depending on managerial skill;Investments by the worker and the employer;Degree of permanence of the work relationship;Nature and degree of control;Extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer’s business;Skill and initiative; Under the FLSA, employees are eligible for protections such as the minimum wage and overtime pay that don’t apply to independent contractors.