SSPC Small Business Council Educational Series: Avoiding Wage & Hour Liability
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 28, 2013
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
8:00 - 9:30 am
Location
SSPC Office Building
7000 Central Parkway
3rd Floor Conference Room
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Fees/Admission
SSPC Members: $5.00
Non-Members: $10.00
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Contact Information
Christine Heller
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Description
Avoiding Wage and Hour Liability - How to Pay Employees Lawfully
Panelists:
Dale Owens, Jackson Lewis LLP
Michelle Campbell, ADP
Kathy Dinsmore, ADP
The panel will discuss how small businesses can identify and avoid common misconceptions and pitfalls in wage and hour policies and practices. Topics will include:
1. Do I have to pay my employee overtime? Can’t I just pay a salary and avoid the whole problem? Which employees can I treat as “exempt” from overtime law, and which employees must I pay overtime (“non-exempt”)?
2. Do I have to record how much time my employee works each week? What time counts – getting ready for work, working after hours, taking work home, checking e-mail, travel time?
3. How must I calculate overtime pay properly? What if I pay a “salary”? Or bonuses? Or if I don’t pay by the hour (commissions, piece rate)?
4. If my employee qualifies as "exempt," what are the rules for calculating and paying salary properly? If I break those rules, do I have to pay that employee overtime?
5. What about bonuses? What are the wage & hour rules about the effect of bonuses for “non-exempt” and “exempt” employees?
6. Can’t I just call them all “independent contractors” and avoid the whole problem?
