CNN — The suicide of Jeffrey Epstein is bringing attention to what employees say is a broader problem at short-staffed budget-constrained federal prisons where employees who aren't prison guards are ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take 12 “workweeks” of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons within a ...

Nurses working in state hospitals and prisons hope to eliminate the ineffective staffing model through negotiations with ...

The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division recently released an opinion letter regarding calculation of hours of FMLA leave for individuals whose schedules include mandatory overtime and who may ...

Hartford Healthcare and Backus Federation of Nurses ratified a three-year contract after nearly a year of negotiations. The contract includes double-digit pay increases, reduced healthcare costs, and ...

With nearly 1,500 vacancies, the Department of Social Services is requiring mandatory overtime and risking burnout while ...

Troy Firefighters Local #1638 IAFF said it has requested to be allowed to stop using one of its medics until staffing levels improve. It said its members have worked over 8,440 hours of overtime this ...

AND VACATION WITH THOSE VACANCIES. WE HAVE TO HIRE BACK MANDATORY OVERTIME. IT’S NOT THE IDEAL WAY TO STAFF A FIRE DEPARTMENT WHATSOEVER, BUT THAT’S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AND THESE ...

Brevard County firefighters will decide this week if they’ll accept a tentative contract agreement. The proposed three-year deal would mean pay increases of up to 22% in the first year of the contract ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration's overtime costs for air traffic controllers have jumped by more than 300% since 2013 as the agency faces hiring constraints and a ...