When winter weather hits your area and impacts the workplace do you know when you are required to pay your employees? If your office or facility needs to close due to bad weather, what are the rules for paying employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)? How are the rules different for exempt vs. nonexempt employees?
A new infographic from HR.BLR.com, “Winter Weather and the Workplace: FLSA, FMLA & When to Pay,” provides answers to these questions with easy-to-use ‘decision trees’ based on an employee’s specific circumstances.
Winter Weather and the Workplace: FLSA, FMLA and When to Pay: By HR.BLR.com
Employers need to realize that sometimes it just makes more sense to close for the day. There’s no point in having workers on-site, where they have to be paid, if they can’t be productive.