The compensability of meal time periods depends on the facts as well as the jurisdiction you work in. There is a spilt amoung the circuits as to what it means to be completely relieve of duties such that no compensation is due.
Read MoreEmployers may owe overtime and even fringe benefits to their highly paid but hourly consultants and experts who are sporadically engaged.
Read MoreDOL announced a new pilot Payroll Audit Independent Determination (“PAID”) program, which allows self-reporting and is intended to expedite resolution of inadvertent overtime and minimum wage violations FLSA.
Read MoreEmployers who want to pay straight time rather than time and one-half premium overtime pay, can do so, albeit indirectly, if they structured their employment agreement accordingly.
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