Employment Law Articles about Overtime that apply to All of the States
Overtime Wages When Carrying and Using a Pager or Cell Phone After-hours for Your Employer
Employees are often asked to carry a pager or cell phone after regular work hours to respond to customer calls or emergencies. Sometimes, the employee is not compensated for the time spent carrying th...
posted by Robert Kapitan | Jun 30, 2010 5:20 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Overtime pay for On Call Time
Federal overtime law addresses whether "on call" time is considered "hours worked". It states: An employee who is required to remain on call on the employer's premises or so close thereto that he cann...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Nov 2, 2009 09:25 AM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Movie Theaters are exempt from federal overtime laws
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempts employees of motion picture theaters from the FLSA's overtime requirements. 29 USC 213(b)(27) . Ohio's overtime laws incorporate the FLSA's exemptio...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 14, 2009 6:48 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Regular Rate of Pay for Calculating Overtime Pay
Overtime is calculated based on the employee’s actual, or “regular rate” of pay. The regular rate of pay includes not only the normal hourly rate, but all compensation for employment paid to, or...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 14, 2009 5:13 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Hours Worked Under the Fair Labor Standards Act for calculating Overtime
The amount of overtime owed to an employee is the Regular Rate multiplied by the number of Hours Worked during a Workweek . This Article covers Hours Worked. Hours worked includes all time during whic...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 14, 2009 5:12 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
The Work Week
The workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The employer sets the workweek. It can begin on any day and at any hour of the day. An employer may use a w...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 14, 2009 5:10 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions
The Fair Labor Standards Act (the "FLSA") excludes individuals from coverage and exempts others from overtime and/or the minimume wage. The FLSA excludes individuals in the definition of "employee" in...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 14, 2009 5:09 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Commissioned retail or service sales exemption to overtime payment
Employment by a retail or service establishment Employees of a retail or service establishment are exempt from overtime if: their regular rate of pay is at least one and one-half times the federal min...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 11, 2009 1:20 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Overtime exemption for Computer Professionals
Computer professionals may be exempt from overtime and minimum wage as professional employees , so long as they are paid $455 a week or more on a salaried basis and meet the other requirements of the ...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 9, 2009 3:24 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States
Exemptions for Executive, Professional, Administrative Employees
Section 213(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") exempts executives, administrators and professionals from its minimum wage and overtime requirements. Test for Executive, Professional and Ad...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 9, 2009 3:02 PM [EST] in Overtime | applies to All States