In order to classify employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements, employers may rely on the so-called “white-collar” exemptions available for administrative, executive, and professional employees. In addition to meeting the job duties test of each exemption, employers are required to pay a guaranteed minimum salary specified in Department of Labor regulations.
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The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) provides for the payment of overtime at the rate of one and a half times an employee’s regular rate of pay for each hour worked in excess of 40 during a 7-day workweek. There are a number of exemptions to the FLSA’s overtime pay requirements, the details of
With many employees shifting to work remotely long-term in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers must be mindful of how to comply with their employment-law posting requirements vis-à-vis their remote workers. The commonly used laminated collage of posters hanging on an employee bulletin board back at the office will not suffice for these workers.