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re: HR Just let me know about changes to my status due to new FLSA laws
Posted on 7/6/16 at 8:23 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
Posted on 7/6/16 at 8:23 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
I don't think someone has to have direct experience doing something to understand it.
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Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:12 pm to MrTwoBits
I was just told yesterday that my current position will be eliminated and that I can take a severance or take a promotion with a location change. I remember this whole hourly/salaried conversation happening at the beginning of the year, so I wonder if this restructure has been a result of that.
I'm not sure if you travel frequently, but I do in my role. I remember my boss saying it could have been beneficial to go hourly as someone who traveled, because you are on the clock from the second you leave your house until the second you come home.
I'm not sure if you travel frequently, but I do in my role. I remember my boss saying it could have been beneficial to go hourly as someone who traveled, because you are on the clock from the second you leave your house until the second you come home.
This post was edited on 7/6/16 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:45 pm to MrTwoBits
I would much prefer to be salary. It's better to just get my work done than have to worry about staying under 40 hours. Plus I have to clock out and waste time every day which is annoying.
This post was edited on 1/16/21 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 7/6/16 at 10:55 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Were you supervising 2 FT employees? If not, you should have already been receiving OT.
Many companies are just discovering this, and covering their assets.
Many companies are just discovering this, and covering their assets.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:00 pm to LSUShock
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I remember my boss saying it could have been beneficial to go hourly as someone who traveled, because you are on the clock from the second you leave your house until the second you come home.
Then they'd most definitely put you over the threshold for this rule.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:05 pm to Porker Face
So it's safe to say you'd prefer a surgeon that has 25 years experience of teaching med school with no on the job experience to a younger doctor who only has a few years as a surgeon but all in a hospital setting?
Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:16 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
Completely disingenuous argument. That would apply if we were talking about picking someone to run a hospital, in which case I probably would take the academic over a junior employee. Regulation drafting is not a technical skill
Just because you worked in a business doesn't mean you understand economic policy, labor, business trends, etc. Hell it doesn't even guarantee you understand economics. It just means you know how to run your business. I don't want the guy who owns a few Starbucks franchises advising on labor regulations just because he has signed paychecks
Just because you worked in a business doesn't mean you understand economic policy, labor, business trends, etc. Hell it doesn't even guarantee you understand economics. It just means you know how to run your business. I don't want the guy who owns a few Starbucks franchises advising on labor regulations just because he has signed paychecks
Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:51 pm to Porker Face
Starbucks doesn't franchise and I would always prefer someone with real world experience 
Posted on 7/7/16 at 7:55 am to LSURussian
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If he is a local governmental employee, the Fair Labor Standards Act does not apply to him like it does to private industry employees.
There are special rules regarding overtime for governmental employees involving giving compensatory time off in lieu of paying for overtime worked.
They said that we will not be doing comp time bc it can create issues. One example they gave was that employers don't have to pay out comp time when someone leaves. So if an employee banked up a bunch of comp time, but then their boss (this is a hypothetical here) wouldn't let them use it on certain times because we're too busy or whatever, when that employee ends up leaving they wouldn't be entitled to get the comp time paid out to them which would create an unnecessary mess. So they're just doing OT.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 7:56 am to elposter
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What number did they divide your annual gross by? That information would be telling.
2080
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:02 am to MrTwoBits
I love being hourly. I'm not the kind of person to "take advantage" of salaried job so I end up getting the short end of that stick, so when I moved to hourly I found it to be much more beneficial for me.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:53 am to SouthOfSouth
One consequence of the new FLSA regs is related to salary: now, every employee in your organization will know who is paid above and below the threshold based on whether they're clocking in or out.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:41 am to hungryone
Not really, the easy solution to that is to make everyone clock in/out. I know plenty of salaried people that casually clock in/out especially people that don't work on site just so management can track them to a degree.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 10:21 am to MrTwoBits
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One example they gave was that employers don't have to pay out comp time when someone leaves.
My point was earlier, are you paid overtime? If so, your governmental unit is doing it as a matter of policy, not because of adhering to the FLSA which you referenced in your original post.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 1:09 pm to LSURussian
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My point was earlier, are you paid overtime?
Currently? No, never have been. Regardless if I work 60 hours in a pay period or 90 I still get the same check every 2 weeks.
Posted on 7/9/16 at 12:16 pm to MrTwoBits
The change from salary to hourly will change your status as an exempt employee to an non exempt employee. This could change your benefits package, vacation policies, etc. most companies separate the 2 and carry different benefits for both. Hourly employees at my company are not offered the same vacation/pto package as the salaried.
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