Paying employees on a daily basis is incompatible with the overtime exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), even if it results in guaranteed weekly compensation well above the law's minimum, the Supreme Court ruled in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt.
Ohio-based attorney Jon Hyman, a shareholder at Wickens Herzer Panza and author of the Ohio Employer Law Blog, explores what employers need to know about the overtime regulations, including the anticipated new federal overtime rule and what it means for employers.
Illinois employers that employ minor employees under 16 years old should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to inform minor employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with Illinois's Child Labor Law.