The Fair Labor Standard Act, or FLSA, mandates that non-exempt employees receive overtime pay for hours worked beyond a standard 40-hour work week. Non-exempt employees are often paid by the hour, ...

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Some weeks, there’s crucial work left over even after your full-time employees have put in their 40 hours. While you can ask your employees to complete extra work, it will cost you more than their ...

Under both federal and state law, overtime compensation owed to a nonexempt employee must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay.” That regular rate includes not only the employee’s standard ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Calculating the correct “regular rate of pay” for overtime hours under California law, in order to properly factor in certain types of bonuses, can give nightmares to even the most ...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday proposed more changes to regulations governing overtime pay. But this move could make it easier for employers to offer better benefits to workers and could ...

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