{"id":3800,"date":"2016-05-05T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T20:07:24","slug":"4-steps-for-deciding-how-to-handle-flsa-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/4-steps-for-deciding-how-to-handle-flsa-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps for Deciding How to Handle FLSA Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The proposed changes to the white collar exemptions<\/a> of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are looming large in the minds of many employers. These rules, proposed in June 2015 and expected to be finalized sometime in 2016, would more than double the salary threshold for workers otherwise eligible for a white collar exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the FLSA. Employers will need to decide what course of action to take.<\/p>\n

As a compliment to our FLSA Changes: Implementation Guide<\/a>, this guide focuses on 4\u00a0steps for deciding how to handle FLSA changes, including:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identifying which exempt employees could be affected;<\/li>\n
  2. Calculating the hours worked by affected exempt employees;<\/li>\n
  3. Considering which compensation strategy is the most appropriate; and<\/li>\n
  4. Conducting a compensation analysis for each employee<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Download our FLSA Changes: Decision-Making Guide<\/a>\u00a0to help you plan your course of action when the new rules go into effect.\u00a0Whatever decisions you make, try to ensure that they are as impartial as possible and that you\u2019re documenting the business-related reasons for each change.<\/p>\n

    We\u2019ll be monitoring this issue and providing updates and guidance as necessary to help you through the process. For more information about what GTM can do to help businesses with compliance issues, contact us<\/a> at (518) 373-4111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As the new FLSA white collar exemption rules near enactment, employers need to figure out how they will accommodate the changes. Our guide focuses on 4 steps for deciding how to handle FLSA changes that employers should find useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[11,5,34,54],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtm-biz-blog-isolved","tag-business-payroll","tag-department-of-labor","tag-flsa","tag-overtime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7717,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions\/7717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}