Protecting Your Salaried-Exempt Status
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Eastern

The Department of Labor changed the rules for salaried-exempt employees. Employers made major efforts to examine, adjust and properly classify exempt positions. 

HOWEVER, that is just the starting point. Once you have a salaried employee classified as exempt from overtime, don't undo it and make a mistake which turns that exempt salaried employee into a non-exempt worker. Employers make mistakes which undermine the status and cause liability for the employer. The major liability comes after having properly established a position as salaried and then losing the exemption by careless practices or unwitting treatment of those positions. Improper deductions, salary alterations, time off, discipline and more can result in loss of the salaried-exemption for one person, or for all of your salaried positions, and cause millions in liability. The Fair Labor Standards Act can impose that liability not just on the organization, but personally against the assets of supervisors, HR managers, CFOs, CEOs, and board members.

A focus on only the new salary requirements can be a big mistake. One must also preserve and protect the salaried status once it has been properly established.

Topics Covered:

• Types of exemptions
• Protecting the exemptions (avoiding improper processes, danger areas and land mines)
• Understanding and avoiding personal liability
• Improper deductions (absence, discipline, illness, performance, military leave, etc.)
• When can you dock salary for absence?
• Avoiding land mines
• Work from home; FMLA/FLSA complications; records
• The "Safe Harbor" and other policies that can prevent organizational and personal liability

Who Should Attend?   

Human Resources staff, anyone who schedules salaried employees, CFOs. Any manager of salaried employees.

Instructor

Bob Gregg

Bob Gregg, Boardman & Clark Law Firm in Madison, Wisconsin, has been involved in employment relations for more than 30 years. He litigates employment cases, representing employers in employment contracts, discrimination cases, FLSA, FMLA and all other areas of employment law. His main emphasis is helping employers achieve enhanced productivity, creating positive work environments and resolving employment problems before they generate lawsuits. Bob has conducted over 3,000 seminars throughout the United States and authored numerous articles on practical employment issues. Bob is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the National Speakers Association. He is also a National Faculty Member of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity and served on the Board of Directors for the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Foundation.

Attendance verification for CE credits provided upon request.

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