Although the Fair Labor Standards Act has been around a long time, it is one of the most frequently violated employment laws – particularly in how to calculate overtime correctly. Employers fail to recognize what hours must be compensated and how the working hours should be compensated. Improper calculations can lead to employees being underpaid or even being paid too much, which can lead to legal liability exposure.
Under both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the California Labor Code, the regular rate of pay is the rate an employer must use to pay overtime premiums to employees who work overtime hours. The regular rate of pay can change from workweek to workweek because it must reflect the per-hour value of all compensation the employee has earned.
In this practical webinar, you will learn how to tackle the latest compliance challenges stemming from miscalculations of pay, compensation planning practices, salary communication missteps, and more. You will also explore the DOL’s final rule providing clarification on how to determine employees’ regular rate of pay and what forms of payment employers can include and exclude in the overtime pay calculation.
Upon Course Completion, you will be able to:
- Clarify what time is “working time” and, therefore must be used in an overtime calculation;
- Determine how commissions factor into overtime payments;
- Identify the rules that apply to fire protections and law enforcement personnel;
- Determine what to include when determining total compensation;
- Review legal methods of calculating the hourly rate;
- Outline various legal methods of paying overtime that can save your company money;
- List recordkeeping requirements;
- “Fix” your errors when you discover they have been made; and
- Identify California rules for “rate of pay calculation” differ from the FLSA.
Steven Meilleur
Poms & Associates
Steven G. Meilleur, Ph.D., SPHR is President and CEO of PRAXIS Management Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in HR and employment matters. He also serves as Sr. VP, Risk Services (HR & Employment) with Poms & Associates, and national Insurance and Risk Services firm. He is a faculty member at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches graduate courses in HR, Management, and related subjects. Dr. Meilleur has more than 43 years of experience as an HR professional in public, private, and nonprofit organizations, in executive and management capacities.
Dr. Meilleur received a BA in English Literature and Education from Bucknell University, an Executive MBA from the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, and his Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Learning from UNM. He received his certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management in 1995
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Very informative. The presentation slides are very thorough and will be helpful when I review them at a later time. I also appreciated that the presenter included California overtime rules as part of the presentation.
Kate C.
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