8 Travel Time Pay Rules You Need to Know

8 Travel Time Pay Rules You Need to Know

Employers are often not aware of when they are required to pay employees for time spent traveling, which can lead to inadvertent wage and hour violations. This list will explain the federal travel time pay rules for some of the most common travel situations....
Best Practices for Classifying Employees

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...
5 Ways Manual Timekeeping Costs Your Business

5 Ways Manual Timekeeping Costs Your Business

Still using pen and paper? Here are 5 ways manual timekeeping costs your business: 1. Employee Time Theft Manual time and attendance systems can be exploited in a number of ways from hours padding to buddy punching. Some large employers who switch to an automated...
Reducing Exempt Employee Pay: When is it Permitted?

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

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...
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