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...
New York Overtime Exemption Rule Published

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...
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