02-25 to 03-04-2025 1:00 PM EST

The FLSA is the most comprehensive and complex of all employment laws. It covers virtually every employer, with different rules for many employees, classifications, and pay plans. One size (not even several sizes) does not fit all! This series covers FLSA basics, and then goes far beyond the basics! The FLSA is fraught with “all those picky little rules” which can create surprising situations, pitfalls and interactions with other laws.  Even scarier, the FLSA can impose personal liabilities on unwary managers, corporate officers, and HR. So, you need to learn how to navigate the FLSA. Bob Gregg, our expert employment and labor attorney, will discuss during this 3-session certification program FLSA requirements and how to protect yourself and your organization from liability.

What You’ll Learn

During this comprehensive series, Bob Gregg will cover:

• FLSA requirements
• Exempt or nonexempt classification
• Preserving the exempt status
• The duties test
• Safe Harbor policies
• FLSA interactions with other employment laws
• Potential personal liabilities for managers, officers, and HR
• Current FLSA Hot Topics
  • DOL Audits
  • FLS
  • A/FMLA Complications
  • Technology and the elimination of salaried positions
  • Pay plans in writing and other hot topics
• And more!

You’ll Also Receive

• All sessions include a PDF version of the presentation slides along with any additional materials or resources provided by the presenter
• Certification upon successful completion of the program
• One certification exam attempt is included

Fair Labor Standards (FLSA) Act Compliance Certification Series: Requirements and Practices Session Outline

Session 1: FLSA Foundation, Hourly Employment and Overtime Complexities

This session includes a brief overview of the FLSA and focuses on hourly employment.

• Required Records
• The Dangers of Personal Liability
• Hourly Employment
• Overtime
• What is includable in the “regular rate of pay” for overtime—or not
• Special issues of on-call, travel time, “extra” compensation, incentives, bonuses
• Hourly Exempt Categories

Session 2: Preserving the Salaried Exempt Status, Inadvertent Mistakes and Landmines

• The Exempt Categories
• Who Fits the Duties Test
• The new salary rules – Alternatives for positions that no longer qualify
• Protecting the exemptions (avoiding improper danger areas)
• Improper deductions (absence, discipline, illness, performance, military leave, etc.)
• When can you dock salary for absence?
• Avoiding land mines – FMLA; work from home
• The “Safe Harbor” and other policies which can prevent organizational and personal liability

Session 3: Beyond the Basics!

Learn the current HOT TOPICS and avoid problem practices and avoid problem practices and pitfalls.

• Current Hot Topics for DOL Audits
• The Surprising FLSA/FMLA” Complications
• Personal Liability – Are you in the Crosshairs?
• De Minimis Time – No Small Matter for Liability
• Forgetting State Laws?
• Extras and Equal Pay Expenses (Can Clothing Allowance Create an Equal Pay Act Case?)
• Can Technology Eliminate Your Salaried Exemption?
• Pay Plans in Writing – One-offs