In yesterday's Advisor, attorney Marc L. Jacuzzi pointed to the surge in wage and hour lawsuits and gave tips for preventive audits. Today, we'll finish his tips and take a look at a unique HR audit system.
Why is now the time to conduct a wage and hour audit at your company? Because now is the time that you are going to get sued, warns attorney Marc L. Jacuzzi.
Is an employee who earns $95,000 preparing PowerPoint® presentations for very high-level financial presentations exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “artistic exemption”?
Yesterday's Advisor answered some quirky questions on overtime. Here are several more, plus an introduction to a wage and hour audit system that will help you spot problems before the feds do.
Wage and hour ought to be simple, but our customers keep coming up with new twists. How many of these questions cover situations you face in your organization?
Happy New Year, readers. Here’s one resolution that you can easily keep—to audit your exemptions and pay practices (before the feds make good on their resolution to do it for you).
Today we look at misclassification—the third of “The Big Three” compensation challenges—and a new in-depth audio conference series that will answer the tricky technical questions about exemptions.
Wage and hour just shouldn't be that hard, but the lawsuits keep coming, and the dollar amounts are staggering—especially when class actions amplify fees, fines, and judgments.
Is the CEO owed overtime? Absolutely, says attorney Phillip Russell. Every employee must be paid overtime unless he or she falls into one of the exemption classifications.
There’s a new breed of plaintiff lawyer out there, says attorney Phillip Russell, and they are not looking for the companies with 1,000 employees--they’re happy to find 10 or 15 employees working off the clock or due unpaid overtime.