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Best Practices for Classifying Employees
Did you know that just because you are paying an employee on a salary basis, it does not immediately make that employee ineligible for overtime? The crucial distinction is whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from wage regulations that cover overtime. The...
Reducing Exempt Employee Pay: When is it Permitted?
Is reducing exempt employee pay permitted if they work less than 40 hours in a week? The answer is almost always no. The very idea of the overtime exemption, at least in the case of White Collar employees, is that you are paying them to complete important tasks that...
Overtime vs. Comp Time Bill Passes House
Along with recently passing a new health care bill, the House also passed the Working Families Flexibility Act. The Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek to choose between overtime vs. comp time pay...
