A supervisor in your company just told one of his direct reports that she can no longer work voluntary overtime. She’s always put in 4 hours of work before the start of her scheduled shift. As most of you know, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that when an employee works more than 40 […]
30 Million Reasons Why Systems Administrators May Not Be Overtime-Exempt
Does your company have I.T. employees? Do you pay them a salary? That makes them computer professionals, right? So they’re probably exempt from federal and state overtime laws right? Well, hold on. The Computer Employee Exemption is, overall, poorly understood by employers — and even attorneys. Many employers get this one wrong. I’ve posted on […]
There Might Be a Way to Settle that Wage and Hour Claim After All…
Your employee claims you owe unpaid wages (usually that means overtime), and you’re starting to lose some sleep. You’ve heard how wage and hour claims are on the rise, and how they can add up to significant dollars. First there are the wages themselves. Then there are liquidated damages equal to the amount of the […]
Are Your Employees Committing Overtime Abuse?
In 2014 Internal Affairs investigators for the Massachusetts State Police investigated suspicions that two state troopers were secretly escorting funeral possessions for under-the-table cash payments. Little did they know what they were about to find. These two troopers had routinely filed for at least 30 hours a week in overtime and paid details. Now there’s […]
Your “Independent Contractors” Are Probably Employees — and That’s a BIG Problem…
I know, I’ve written before about mis-classifiying workers as independent contractors, when legally they are really employees. I wrote in more detail about that here. So why am I back on that topic? For one thing, it’s not going away, and it’s not likely to any time soon. The IRS, the USDOL and their State […]