The Department of Labor changed the rules for salaried-exempt employees. Employers made major efforts to examine, adjust and properly classify exempt positions.
HOWEVER, that is just the starting point. Once you have a salaried employee classified as exempt from overtime, don’t undo it and make a mistake which turns that exempt salaried employee into a non-exempt worker. Employers make mistakes which undermine the status and cause liability for the employer. The major liability comes after having properly established a position as salaried and then losing the exemption by careless practices or unwitting treatment of those positions. Improper deductions, salary alterations, time off, discipline and more can result in loss of the salaried-exemption for one person, or for all of your salaried positions, and cause millions in liability. The Fair Labor Standards Act can impose that liability not just on the organization, but personally against the assets of supervisors, HR managers, CFOs, CEOs, and board members.
A focus on only the new salary requirements can be a big mistake. One must also preserve and protect the salaried status once it has been properly established.
Covered Topics
- Types of exemptions
- Protecting the exemptions (avoiding improper processes, danger areas and land mines)
- Understanding and avoiding personal liability
- Improper deductions (absence, discipline, illness, performance, military leave, etc.)
- When can you dock salary for absence?
- Avoiding land mines
- Work from home; FMLA/FLSA complications; records
- The “Safe Harbor” and other policies that can prevent organizational and personal liability
Who Should Attend?
Human Resources staff, anyone who schedules salaried employees, CFOs. Any manager of salaried employees.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
This webinar is recommended for 2.5 CE Credit Hours. Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Attendance for self-reporting of CE Credits.