• You’ve got an exempt employee whose absences exceed sick time allowed. Can you dock this employee for the extra hours away from work?
• How should you compensate non-exempt employees during a business trip? Should exempt employees earn comp time?
• Can you deduct money owed to your company from a non-exempt employee’s paycheck? How about if this person is making minimum wage?
• Are employees entitled to wages on the days the business is closed due to bad weather?
• How much consideration does the DOL give to job titles? What is the most accurate way to evaluate exempt vs. non-exempt status?
• What are the best timekeeping and recordkeeping methods for the way your company runs?
• Are “inside sales staff” still FLSA exempt?
• Some of the hourly employees work on computers. Do they qualify under Computer Professionals Exempt category?
• Are they off the clock or around the clock? How do the FLSA rules apply to meal times, “on-call,” “standby” or training hours?
• If you pay an exempt employee overtime, have you blown the exempt status?
• The private vs. the public sector: How do you deal with the special rules regarding police officers, paramedics, firefighters and other government workers?

No matter what kind of organization you work for or business that you do, interpreting FLSA has led to plenty of challenging questions and gray areas to interpret. This one-day seminar will give you all the information you need to make informed, accurate and confident decisions. Don’t put your career or your organization at risk. Get solid answers to your HR questions.

Classify Employees Correctly

• The short and long of exempt vs. non-exempt criteria testing
• Why the short test criteria may cause you to make errors
• Know if your contractors should be paid as employees
• The increasing importance and gray areas of the Salary Basis Regulation
• Cautions for using titles as a classification method for employees
• Can or should exempt employees ever earn overtime?
• Dealing with the computer professional
• The problems with determinations for outside sales staff
• Production workers with administrative duties
• Hiring the young worker: What can they do, how long can they work … any exceptions?

Error-Free Calculations

• The pitfalls of using comp time with exempt and non-exempt employees
• Overtime and the part-time worker
• Clocking telecommuters and home-based workers
• Travel time, training time and meal times
• Must you pay for attendance at meetings outside the employee’s normal schedule?
• Dealing with small tasks that employees perform while not strictly on the clock
• Use “time off” and “prepayment” plans that balance overtime hours
• Jury duty, military leave and other special circumstance absences
• When the office shuts down for a day or two: Are wages still owed?
• Do the courts agree whether exempt employees take off anything less than a full day?
• Making timely and accurate severance paychecks

Keeping Records Complete and Accurate

• Keeping track of exempt employees’ hours
• Timekeeping methods and rounding off
• When FMLA, COBRA and unemployment insurance come into the picture
• Garnishments: Understanding and applying the rules correctly
• Recent decisions about stock options and the role of overtime
• When can you dock an employee’s salary and for what reasons?
• How to handle problems regarding a final paycheck
• Salaries with commissions or tips
• Reducing an exempt employee’s salary or dealing with suspension time due to disciplinary measures
• How long do you need to keep timecards, employee earnings statements and other payroll records?

Government Employees, Industry Exceptions and Unions

• Working out comp time in lieu of overtime
• Volunteer workers in the public sector
• Special applications for police, firefighters, paramedics and emergency response staff
• Check if you are on target with compensable hours for “tour of duty” employees
• Does your industry have special exemptions? Find out today

Troubleshooting Problems

• Recordkeeping red flags inspectors look for
• Avoiding accusations of retaliation and discrimination
• Writing job descriptions that protect your exemptions
• The do’s and dont's of conducting your own FLSA compliance audit
• Using the “window of correction” appropriately to DOL standards
• Personnel policies that could leave you open for investigation
• “Subject to” reduction violations under the salary basis test
• The most common violations and how to avoid them
• Communicate clearly with employees about salary and compensation
• The good faith defense and statute of limitations

“Enlightening. The instructor was great, made learning fun. I didn’t know I had learned so much because he made it easy to understand.”
M. Ptacek
Campbell County Government

“The day went by quickly and was packed with valuable information. Presented with clear ‘how-to’s,’ ‘whys,’ etc., without a lot of wasted words.”
P. Lympany
Fiscal Services Supervisor
Burbank School District

"The instructor was very informative and kept my attention well!"
Kevin Puckett
CUI, Inc.

"Everything was presented in a clear manner and easily understood."
Josh England
Utility Trailer Sales
Cole County Commission

“Short and to the point, covering all bases, knowledgeable to all questions.”
L. Ledesma
Payroll & Compensation Coordinator
West Coast Arborists