Exempt v. Nonexempt: Ensuring Proper Classification of Employees for Compliance with Federal Overtime Laws

This training program will highlight exempt versus nonexempt classification of employees for compliance with federal overtime laws. It will include best practices and practical steps to ensure lawful classifications.

Why Should You Attend:

This webinar will elucidate why business owners, managers, human resources professionals, and in-house attorneys with the responsibility of ensuring that employees working in the U.S. are properly classified as exempt from overtime (and minimum wage) under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act governing exempt status.

It will also offer attendees an understanding of when employers are covered by federal FLSA overtime and minimum wage requirements. Further, the program will offer guidance on auditing job positions for exempt classification, including best practices and practical steps to ensure lawful classifications.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Legal foundation: Understand when employers are covered by federal FLSA overtime (and minimum wage) requirements
• Making sure that compensation (salary or other forms of wages) satisfies the compensation test for exempt status under new federal regulations raising the minimum salary for white collar exemptions
• Understanding and applying the different job duties tests that must be satisfied for exempt status
• Guidance on auditing job positions for exempt classification, including best practices and practical steps to ensure lawful classifications
• How to remedy misclassifications uncovered during an internal audit to avoid lawsuits

Who Will Benefit:

• Payroll Professionals
• Human Resources Personnel
• Accounting Personnel
• Business Owners
• Lawmakers
• Attorneys
• Any individual or entity that must deal with the complexities and technicalities of federal Wage and Hour law and compliance issues in the payroll process