Employers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have to pay their workers for all time worked–except when you don’t. Wait. Employees can work and not be paid? Well, not exactly. Let’s do a quick review of the General Rule: You have to pay your workers for all hours they work. For hours 1-40 […]
Assistant Managers Are Overtime Exempt — Or Are They? What We Can Learn From Hooters
Do you hire managers and assistant managers? Have you classified them as overtime exempt? Are they overtime exempt? You may be wondering why that is even a question. They hold managerial positions and they are paid a salary. Why wouldn’t they be exempt? Hooters, having just been served with notice of a nationwide misclassification lawsuit, is […]
Ding, Dong! The New Overtime Rules Are Dead— Maybe?
So, it looks like the joke’s on me. After all I did just say in last week’s post (click here if you missed it) that even with Trump taking office you still need to pay attention to the new overtime rules. So naturally, yesterday a federal judge, from the Eastern District of Texas, in Nevada […]
SCOTUS Says Service Advisors Are Not “Not Exempt” from Overtime – At Least Not Yet
The Department of Labor’s new overtime rules go into effect at the end of the year. Naturally, we’re all concerned about who now will or will not be exempt from overtime rules. Will more employees be claiming overtime pay? Will employers have to start shelling out more money to employees? If so, how much? The […]
Ladies and Gentlemen… The New Overtime Rules Have Arrived.
I was all set to write about a completely different, but thought-provoking topic this week. It will have to wait until next week though, because, well, how can I ignore this breaking news? What, you ask, is the breaking news that merits this change of plans? The Department of Labor published the new overtime rules […]