Waiving overtime pay agreements:Any such agreement is invalid under the act, even if the employee signs it. Averaging work weeks:If an employee works 30 hours one week but 50 hours the next, the employer might be tempted to average those hours so that there are 40 in both—and thus say...
Honorée, André L.Wyld, David C.Juban, Rusty L.Managerial LawAndré L. Honorée,David C. Wyld,Rusty L. Juban.Regular rate of pay and the FLSA: why the determination of exempt status is not enough[J]. Managerial Law .2006(3)
A.This will depend on the pension system's rules. However, at least some of an FLSA award may be considered "back pay." Therefore, if pensions are based on a percentage of wages earned or "average salary," an FLSA recovery may increase the amount of pension an officer can receive. Thu...
However, you are required to pay employees one and a half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in a workweek in excess of 40 unless they are otherwise exempt. 29 CFR 778.107. Conversely, as long as a non-exempt employee does not work more than 40 hours in a workweek,...
Legal Acronyms Fair Labor Standards Act Also called the FLSA. Legislation in the United States, passed in 1938, that requiredemployersengaged in interstate commerce to provide a minimum level ofemployeebenefits. For example, the FLSA prohibitschild laborand established the first federal minimum wage....
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With a few exceptions for special classes of workers, if an employee works 50 hours in one workweek and then 30 hours the following workweek, they are entitled to 10 hours of overtime pay for the first workweek, even though the average for the two week period is 40 hours per week....
InFLSA 2020-8, the WHD analyzed whether the FLSA’s outside sales exemption applies to salespeople who travel to various retail operations—home and garden shows, trade shows, state and county fairs, and big-box stores—for sales demonstrations/pitches lasting, on average, 10 days,...