Handling Supplemental Pay Under the FLSA

Today's wage and hour environment has become one filled with peril for employers who do not understand how to deal with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The US Department of Labor has stepped up its enforcement efforts by adding investigators, forming an alliance with the American Bar Association in order to refer cases and creating a smart phone application that allows your employees to report their time directly to the USDOL. Wage and hour lawsuits are costing employers into the multi-millions of dollars. Most companies have a basic understanding of how to deal with wages, however, often issues arise when dealing with supplemental pay.

This session will help you understand areas such as when employees have to be paid to get dressed and undressed; when you have to pay them to be on an airplane and when you don’t; what breaks need to be paid and what breaks don’t need to be paid; why you have to pay for breastfeeding; and other areas of supplemental pay. Reduce your chances of being investigated by making sure you pay practices are in compliance.

Areas Covered:

• Understanding who is a covered employer
• Understanding who is a covered employee
• The basics of overtime
• Handling shift-differentials
• Dealing with On-call time
• Handling meals and breaks
• Why you have to pay for breastfeeding
• Putting to bed the issues of sleeping breaks
• Understanding commuting
• When you have to pay employees for training and when you don’t
• Dealing with the difference between local travel and long-distance travel
• Understanding how to deal with preparatory and concluding activities
• The difference between Federal and State requirements.
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Class action versus collective action lawsuits

Who Will Benefit:

The key audience includes everyone who is responsible for insuring compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. This includes

• Vice Presidents of HR
• Human Resource Managers
• HR generalist
• Payroll administrators
• Office managers
• Accounting managers
• Operations managers

Instructor Profile:

Michael D. Haberman is Vice-President and co-founder of Omega HR Solutions, Inc., a consulting and services company offering complete human resources solutions. Mike brings over 30 years of experience in dealing with the challenges of Human Resources in the 21st century. He has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside; a Master's of Science in Industrial Relations from Georgia State University's Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations and is certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR). He has over 14 years’ experience in the class room teaching human resources fundamentals and certification preparation for multiple universities and organizations.

Mike is the author of the Human Resources blog entitled HR Observations found at OmegaHRsolutions.com , which has been recognized several times as a Top 25 in human resources related blogs. It was also been named as one of the Top 50 HR blogs to Watch in 2010 and 2011. He has been selected as one of six HR bloggers to be featured on the online version of Human Resources Executive Magazine. He has also been named in the Top 10 Digital Influencers in Human Resources. He blogs on the Toolbox for HR website and contributes to several other web-based newsletter and blog sites. He is frequently quoted in articles on HR topics.

Mike has gained a reputation as a compliance expert. He speaks on a variety of subjects to business associations, human resource associations and business based civic clubs. He has co-presented webinars on various HR related issues.

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