- TypeWebinar
- Location Online Event
- Date 02-03-2023
Education/Teaching/Training/Development
Administration/Management
Accounting/Financial/Banking/Insurance
Fresher/Trainee/Professionals
OTHERS
OVERVIEW
It is extremely important for employers to ensure that their employees are not improperly classified as exempt when they are really nonexempt. In the event of an employee lawsuit or an audit by the DOL, employers will be required to substantiate their reasons for classifying a particular employee or employees as exempt. The burden of proof will be on the employer to establish exempt status, not on the employees or the DOL to prove that employees are not exempt.
Many employers have learned this lesson the hard way. In addition to enforcement action by federal and state departments of labor, improper classifications have resulted in many collective action lawsuits by groups of employees, many of which have resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
In addition to paying back wages, an employer that is found to have improperly classified employees under the FLSA will generally be subject to fines and penalties that can equal or even exceed the amount of unpaid back wages due to the improperly classified employees.
AREAS COVERED
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
The purpose of this webinar is to assist HR professionals in determining whether employees qualify for any of the exemptions from the FLSA's overtime and/or minimum wage requirements.