It is generally illegal to give employees straight comp time -- one hour off for every extra hour worked -- rather than overtime pay.
Checklist: Regular Rate and Policy Guidance for Overtime Pay: Here are three documents that are designed to help you comply. Included are two checklists one spells out which payments to an employee have to be included in computing the employee's regular rate of pay, while the second lists the payments that can be excluded.
The checklist below shows employees who are completely exempt from FLSA minimum wage, equal pay (except where noted), and overtime payment requirements, as well
Overtime must be paid for at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which the employee is actually employed, which may not be less t
The policy below, provided by the U.S.
When it is determined that a job's exemption status should be modified in order to comply with FLSA regulations, the employer should communicate the change to t
The FLSA provides a minimum wage and overtime pay exemption for any employee employed in the capacity of outside salesperson.
Trainee status.
The FLSA states that the minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping and child labor provisions do not apply to employees whose services during the workweek are perfo
Drug and alcohol abusers account for increased workdays missed, more injuries to themselves or others and less productivity.
The final regulations specifically address several occupations. Here is a summary:
Alabama has not enacted a general overtime pay law, but there are overtime pay provisions for law enforcement officers (Code of Alabama, Title 36, Chapter 21).
Arizona has not enacted a general overtime pay law, but there are overtime pay provisions covering public employees (Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 23, Chapter
Delaware has not enacted an overtime pay law.
Unless such written contract has been made, the person employed shall be entitled to extra pay for all work performed by the requirement of his or her employer