Under both federal and state law, overtime compensation owed to a nonexempt employee must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay.” That regular rate includes not only the employee’s standard ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-2 confirming that ...

The Fair Labor Standard Act, or FLSA, mandates that non-exempt employees receive overtime pay for hours worked beyond a standard 40-hour work week. Non-exempt employees are often paid by the hour, ...

Although your non-exempt employee is paid a salary, the U.S. Department of Labor requires that you pay overtime to any non-exempt employee that works more than the allowed number of hours in a pay ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday proposed more changes to regulations governing overtime pay. But this move could make it easier for employers to offer better benefits to workers and could ...

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The Fair Labor Standards Act generally requires that non-exempt employees receive overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek, at a rate of at least one-and-a-half times their regular rate ...