On November 15, a federal court voided the new overtime rule that was going to increase the FLSA salary threshold to $43,888 annually.
“regular rate of pay,” including what other fringe benefits or payments should be included in that regular rate. The regular rate of pay is extremely important because that rate determines an employee’s overtime rate (1.5 x regular rate, called time and a half). The rule goes into ...
regular rate of pay. There are a few differences between how the FLSA is applied in the federal sector and private sector. For the most part, however, the law is the same. If you believe you may be owed overtime pay please contact ushereor enter your zip code at the top of the ...
Overtime Under the FLSA, there are no limits to the time you may be required to work in one workday or one workweek. 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 otherwis...
Overtime Issues in Virginia FLSA Cases are Common Sources of Wage Litigation Federal rules concerning overtime form a core portion of the FLSA. These laws require employers to pay many workers at a rate of 1.5x their normal hourly wage for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a week. Any...
Posted inFLSA,Overtime Seyfarth Synopsis:In E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Carrera, et al, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that employers need only prove an employee is exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act by a preponderance of the evidence standard rat...
Q. At what rate must FLSA overtime be paid? A.Time and one-half the "regular hourly rate." (For employees whose normal pay is not an "hourly" rate, their regular rate requires converting pay to an hourly equivalent. There are some peculiar FLSA arithmetic rules about how to do this....
Inaccurate Overtime Calculations and Bonuses Non-exempt workers working more than 40 hours per week are entitled to one-and-a-half times their ordinary rate of pay. To calculateovertime compensation, an employer must first identify an employee's “regular rate of pay.” For hourly workers...
The FLSA specifies when workers are “on the clock” and when times are not paid hours. There are also detailed rules concerning whether employees areexemptfrom the FLSA overtime regulations. The law requires that overtime be paid at one-and-a-half times the regular hourly rate (“time-and...
JorgensenAssociate General Counsel for Verizon WirelesPartnerBrianAssociate General Counsel for Verizon WirelesPartnerEmployee Relations Law JournalVogel,J Vann,Weiner,Stanley,Jorgensen,Brian.Calculating Overtime for Non-Exempt Employees and the FLSA Regular Rate.Employee Relations Law Journal. 2007...