Common Pitfalls in Wage and Hour Compliance

Why Should You Attend:

Did You Know?

• Approximately 90% of employment law class actions are wage and hour claims.
• Companies nationwide paid out $467 million to settle wage and hour claims.
• On an average, companies pay $4.8 million to settle a wage and hour class action.

This webinar will clarify common myths about the FLSA, including:

• It’s alright to classify every employee as exempt to make it easy to pay salaries
• An exempt employee can never have pay deducted
• Employers do not need to pay for travel time, especially if the employer is paying for the travel itself
• There is no risk in misclassifying employees as independent contractors
• Comp time helps ease the strain of the budget to pay overtime
• Overtime is paid according to where the company is located, not where the employee lives and works

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Top Wage and Hour Violations
• Misclassifying employees as exempt
• Making deductions from an exempt employee’s pay
• Paying for travel time
• Not tracking hours actually worked
• Misclassifying independent contractors
• Providing compensatory time-off in lieu of overtime
• When to pay for training time
• Ignoring the laws of states where employees work

Who Will Benefit:

• Human resources managers, generalists and payroll staff involved in wage and hour administration
• Business owners and managers – FLSA applies to employers of 1 or more employees
• Human resources consultants whose practice includes developing harassment policies, conducting internal investigations and/or advising clients on harassment awareness and prevention

Instructor Profile:

Gayla Sherry is the president of Gayla R. Sherry Associates, Inc., an Oklahoma-based consulting firm established in 1995. The firm’s mission is to improve employee morale, retention, engagement and productivity by providing human resources consulting. The firm has conducted many engagements with a wide range of clients, including financial services, healthcare, government, higher education, public, private and nonprofit organizations. Some of their key projects include HR audits, developing policies, procedures, handbooks, job descriptions, affirmative action plans, management training, employee relations, mediating conflict and conducting internal investigations.

Ms. Sherry is a well-known human resource professional, accomplished speaker and facilitator, faculty member, and published author. Having served in the commercial banking sector and the Federal Reserve System, she brings a broad range of business experience in senior management positions in human resources, operations, marketing and customer service.

Ms. Sherry offers a highly-credentialed background as a strategic business partner with Profiles International, the world’s largest provider of assessments. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, and is an EEOC-trained Internal Investigator and Certified Mediator. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management.

She is the author of numerous professional articles and books, including: “Employee Retention: Reducing the Risk and Cost of Employee Turnover,” and posts an HR or management tip on YouTube, “Tuesday Tip.”

Ms. Sherry’s education includes a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma; she is an honors graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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