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The content below comprises your Payroll Wage & Hour Procedures Manual. To view a specific article, simply click on it.

Introduction to the Fair Labor Standards Act

• History Of The Fair Labor Standards Act
• The Amendments
• Amendments In The 1940's
• Amendments In The 1960's
• Amendments In The 1970's
• Amendments In The 1980's
• Amendments In The 1990's
• Amendments In the 21st Century
• Rules Of Coverage
• Current Dollar Tests For Sales Volume
• Enforcing The Act
• Investigative Powers
• Audits
• Investigative Procedures
• Government Law Suits
• Determination Of Penalties

Other FLSA Requirements & Federal Laws

• Introduction
• FLSA Notice Posting Requirements
• Meals & Rest Periods
• Vacations, Sick Leave, & Holiday Pay
• Deductions From Pay
• Deductions From Pay: Uniforms
• Deductions From Pay: Other Items
• Deductions From Pay: Salary Overpayments
• Private Sector Employers: Compensatory Time Off
• Private Sector Employers: Exchanging Shifts & Making Up Time
• Federal Acts
• Worker Adjustment And Retraining Notification Act
• Davis-Bacon Act
• Walsh-Healey Act
• Service Contract Act
• Public Sector Employees: Fire Protection And Law Enforcement Agencies
• Public Sector Employees: Hospital Employees

Classification Of Workers

• Classification Of Workers
• Common-Law Employee
• Independent Contractor
• Employee Vs. Independent Contractor: Safe Harbors
• Employee Vs. Independent Contractor: Employees Under The FLSA
• Employee Vs. Independent Contractor: Reporting Requirements
• Employee Vs. Independent Contractor: Form SS-8
• Employee Vs. Independent Contractor: Penalties
• Statutory Employees
• Statutory Employees: Reporting Payments
• Statutory Non-Employees
• Leased Employees
• Determining The Employer
• Summary: Worker Classification

White Collar Exemptions

• Introduction
• Exempt Vs. Nonexempt
• Exemptions: Executive Employees
• Exemptions: Business Owners
• Exemptions: Administrative Employees
• Exemptions: “Professional” Employees
• Exemptions: “Professional” Employees
• Exemptions: Teachers
• Exemptions: Practice Of Law Or Medicine
• Exemptions: Computer Professionals
• Exemptions: Highly-Compensated Workers
• Exemptions: Outside Sales Employees
• Exemptions: Outside Sales Employees - Promotion Work
• Exemptions: Outside Sales Employees - Drivers Who Sell
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Blue-Collar Workers
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Police Officers, Fire Fighters And Other First Responders
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Veterans
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Insurance Claims Adjusters
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Financial Services Industry Employees
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Nurses
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Technologists And Technicians
• Specific Regulations For Certain Categories Of Workers: Construction Workers
• Journalists/Reporters
• Motor Carrier Exemption
• Salary Basis
• Circumstances In Which the Employer May Make Deductions From Pay
• Effect Of Improper Deductions From Salary
• Safe Harbor
• Fee Basis
• Public Sector Employer

Overview Of State Wage & Hour Law

• State Wage & Hour Law
• State Wage & Hour Law: Sample Requirements

Calculating Gross Pay

• Rule Of Constructive Receipt
• Federal Minimum Wage
• Room And Board Deduction
• Keeping Track Of Hours Worked
• Rounding Of Hours
• De Minimis Or Insignificant Timekeeping
• Regular Rate Of Pay
• Calculating Pay
• Calculating Pay: Piece Rate Basis
• Calculating Pay: Multiple Rates of Pay
• Weekly Salary Basis
• Commission & “In Excess of Requirements” Payments
• How Deductions, Noncash Payments, And Benefit Plans Affect Regular Rate Of Pay
• Fixed Workweek And Fluctuating Workweek
• Overtime/Hours Worked
• On-Call Time
• Meetings, Lectures, And Training Programs
• Travel Time
• Waiting Time
• Sleep Time
• Daylight Savings Time
• “Belo” Or Guarantee Wage Plans
• Defining The Legal Workweek
• Defining The Legal Workday

New Hires & Child Labor

• Introduction
• Federal New Hire Reporting
• Federal New Hire Reporting: Required Reporting
• Federal New Hire Reporting: Form Required
• Federal New Hire Reporting: Multi-State Employers
• Child Labor
• Child Labor: Work Hours
• Child Labor: Type of Work Permitted