The current economic downturn has forced many employers to be creative about cutting labor costs. Various approaches including implementing reduced workweeks, furloughs, requiring that vacations be taken, etc., have been employed to avoid layoffs and retain skilled workforces. That’s all painful enough, but beyond the administrative costs, morale issues, and headaches associated with such plans are there other things to worry about? Given that you are a savvy HR professional or manager, you are well aware that there are always other things to worry about when dealing with human resource issues.
Ensuring compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by carefully maintaining exempt employees’ status can be tricky. But then again just everything about the FLSA is tricky. A few things to ponder are found below. (more…)
