Last night, President Obama’s made an important announcement on overtime. The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor has been working to update the rule that would extend overtime pay to nearly 5 million workers. The proposal would guarantee overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than an estimated $50,440 […]
by Lisanne L. Mikula The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and its Pennsylvania counterpart, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”), generally provide employees with overtime pay calculated at 150% of the regular pay rate for any hours over 40 that the employee works in one week. Salaried workers who are properly classified as “executive,” “administrative,” […]
by Lisanne L. Mikula The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and its Pennsylvania counterpart, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”), require that non-exempt workers receive wages for all “compensable time.” Tracking “compensable time”, however, is not always simple. Technological advances make it easy for employees to perform work tasks outside of standard work hours or […]
