Overview:
This session will help you understand areas such as when you may and may not have to pay employees to get dressed and undressed (known as "donning and doffing" cases)
when you do and do not have to pay them for time spent traveling; when you do and do not have to pay them for breaks or on-call time or even time spent breastfeeding, in addition to which employees, may no longer be overtime exempt under the new overtime rules and what you should do to be prepared. By attending this session you can minimize your chances of DOL investigations and/or audits and wage and hour lawsuits.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Understanding who is a covered employer/employee
- Overtime basics
- On-call & waiting time
- Meals, rest and sleeping breaks
- Why or when you have to pay for breastfeeding
- Commuting v local v long-distance travel
- Training time
- Preliminary/postliminary activities
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Practical steps to take in anticipation of the new overtime rule's finalization to stay off the DOL's radar
- The difference between the newly proposed DOL rule on overtime exemptions and the Obama-era proposal
- concerning White collar exemptions, salary basis and more
- How the proposed rule will affect highly compensated employees
- Updates to salaries to keep up with cost of living
- How bonuses will factor into the salary threshold for exemption
Who Will Benefit:
- Compensation Officers
- Payroll
- Human Resources
- Senior Managers
- Business Owners
- CFO's
- Controllers