FLSA - Wage Compliance Training aims to keep organizations compliant with wage and labor laws. The training also highlights pitfalls to avoid in wage computation. Areas covered during the training session include: • The Scope of FLSA • Hours Worked- and its components e.g. Suffered or Permitted Time etc • Minimum wage and its Components • Record Keeping Requirements • Youth Employment/Child labor law • Overtime and non-exempt employees • FLSA minimum wage and overtime exemption • FLSA Pitfalls to Avoid

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Topic: The FLSA- Pitfalls To Avoid in Overtime and Wage
Calculations
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2. • Coverage Areas
AGENDA
The Scope of FLSA
Hours Worked- and its
components
Minimum Wage and its
Components
Record Keeping
Requirements
Youth Employment and Child
Labor laws
Overtime and non-exempt
employees
FLSA minimum wage and
overtime exemption
FLSA Pitfall to Avoid
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3. • The Scope of FLSA
Two types of coverage
Every employee working in the
United States is covered by
FLSA.
Enterprise coverage: If an
enterprise is covered, all
employees of the enterprise
are entitled to FLSA
protections
Individual coverage: Even if
the enterprise is not covered,
individual employees may be
covered and entitled to FLSA
protections
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4. • Hours Worked- and its
Components of Hour
worked components
Suffered or
Permitted
Waiting Time
On-Call Time
Meal and Rest
Periods
Training Time
Travel Time
Sleep Time
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5. • Minimum Wage and
Minimum Wage its Components
The minimum wage is $7.25
per hour effective July 24,
2009
Components Include:
wages (salary, hourly, piece
rate
Commissions
 some bonuses
 tips received by eligible
employees and
 the reasonable cost of room,
board, and other “facilities”
provided by the employer for
the employee’s benefit
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6. Record Keeping
Basic Record Requirements
Employee's full name and
social security number.
Address, including zip
code.
Birth date, if younger
than 19.
Sex and occupation.
Time and day of week
when employee's
workweek begins.
Hours worked each day.
Total hours worked each
workweek.
Basis on which
employee's wages are paid
(e.g., "$9 an hour," "$420
a week," "piecework“)
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7. • Youth Employment
Hazardous Occupations and Child Labor Law
Manufacturing and storing of
explosives.
Driving a motor vehicle and
being an outside helper on a
motor vehicle
Coal mining.
Forest fire fighting and fire
prevention, timber tract
management, forestry
services, logging, and saw mill
occupations etc.
Hours Restrictions
14- and 15-year-olds may not
work before 7:00 a.m., nor
after 7:00 p.m., except from
June 1 through Labor Day,
when their permissible hours
are extended to 9:00 p.m.
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8. • Overtime and non-
Non Exempt Employees exempt employees
Non-exempt employees must
receive one and one-half times
the regular rate of pay for all
hours worked over forty in a
workweek. For example:
An employee worked 48 hour
in a week at a regular rate of
$8 an hour. Total earning = 48
* 8= $384 over time rate =
8*.5= $4
His overtime due= $4*8hours=
$32 Total earning= $384 +
$32= $416
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9. • FLSA minimum wage
Overtime Exemption and overtime
Exempt Employees exemption
Executive Employees
Administrative Employees
Professional Employees
Outside Sales Employees
Computer Employees
To qualify for exemption,
employees must meet these
tests for each exemption
The Salary Test: the minimum
salary level required for an
exempt employee is $455 per
week- Must be paid “free and
clear”
The Duty Test
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10. • FLSA Pitfalls to Avoid
Pit Falls To Avoid
We Are a Small Organization
Not Covered By FLSA
Managers Are Exempt-
Salaried
The Salary We Pay Covers All
the Hours Worked
Employees Volunteer for
Extra Time
Employee Maintains Their
Time Records
We Give Employee
Compensatory Time Off, So We
Do Not Pay Overtime
We Use Contract Labor Hence
We Do Not Pay Overtime
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