Tag: Award Winning

Another Court Case that Hinged on a Training Program

By Heather Hunt Oct 16, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 16, 2012

When a painting company got a contract to paint a highway bridge, scaffolds were suspended from the bridge. And because employees would be working 30 feet above the ground, use of fall protection in the form of a personal fall arrest system secured directly to the bridge was required and issued to each scaffold worker. […]

More Safety Training Q & As

By Heather Hunt Sep 13, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Sep 13, 2012

Q. We have a safety meeting that all employees attend. Are the hours attending the safety meeting considered "hours worked" for overtime purposes? A. Training programs conducted during regular working hours constitute work time and must be compensated as such, according to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After-hours training need not be compensated […]