TITLE

Top five pitfalls in FLSA compliance

AUTHOR(S)

SOMMER, FRED; SCHWABER, STACEY

PUB. DATE

February 2010

SOURCE

Employee Benefit News;Feb2010, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article offers advise given by Potamac, Maryland-based law firm Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker on how business owners can avoid class action lawsuits in relation to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It names the common mistakes committed by business owners and suggests ways of avoiding them. It says that employers should pay non-exempt employees who work overtime instead of giving them time off from work. It adds that a salaried employee, those who are on commission basis or those who are engaged in sales, are not exempt from overtime pay.

ACCESSION #

48267583

 

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