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Calculate Overtime per Workweek, not Pay Period
As you may know, the federal overtime provisions contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) require that non-exempt employees covered by the Act must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a week at a rate of at least time and one-half their regular...
Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
Employers may unknowingly trigger risks of labor violation penalties and fines by improperly classifying individuals as independent contractors. By doing so, employers may also be denying workers of certain employee benefits (e.g. overtime and the federal Family...
New York Overtime Exemption Rule Published
On December 28, 2016, the proposed overtime exemption rule for employers in New York State was published by the New York Department of Labor, with the new rule taking effect on December 31, 2016. The following salary levels will now become the threshold for the...
