One of the many compensation decisions a business owners have to make is whether to pay non-exempt employees a salary or hourly wage. Salary verses hourly wage is typically an exempt/non-exempt issue, but not always. Business owners may choose either payment model, so it is our intent to point out some of the pros and…
How to Deal with Working Off the Clock
Non-Exempt Issues Could off-the-clock work by your non-exempt employees be a disaster looking for a place to happen in your organization? Once in awhile we’ll ask an employee, “How are you paid?” Often they’ll reply they’re salaried. Then we ask a second question, “What happens when you work more than 40 hours a week?” The…
New DOL Overtime Rule, Salary Threshold Increase
Just a note that, as of 11/22/16, the Federal Court has blocked the Overtime Rule. We firmly believe, even more now than ever, in the importance of understanding and applying overtime rules. This article will be updated! – Doris 11/23/16. Yesterday,(May 18, 2016) the Department of Labor issued a new rule that updates the regulations determining…