Parsons Behle & Latimer hosted breakfast briefings in its Salt Lake City and Boise offices concerning the Department of Labor’s new regulations increasing the amount of salary that must be paid to certain exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employers must comply by December 1, 2016.
This briefings addressed the changes, the impact they will have on your business, and practical strategies to deal with the changes, including:
- Increase or Convert: Determining the best options for currently exempt employees paid under the new threshold amount
- Communicating status changes and potential loss of benefits to newly non-exempt employees who feel "demoted”
- Developing and communicating new overtime rules for your workforce
- Training formerly exempt employees on time-reporting, compliance, and rest and meal breaks
- Managing newly non-exempt employees
- Best practices for tracking time worked, overtime, and time-off
