Employee misclassification has been a focus for the IRS and the Department of Labor for years. Each year, class action lawsuits seek millions in unpaid overtime from employers who wrongly treated workers as exempt.
This 90-minute exempt vs nonexempt webinar explains the classification rules under federal and state law and how to avoid the misclassification trap. It covers FLSA guidelines for hourly workers, how to decide who in your workforce is exempt, and how to structure jobs so classifications are clear.
You'll work through each exemption test, executive, administrative, professional, computer employee, outside sales and highly compensated, plus exemptions for education staff, state vs federal salary basis rules, and the changes that would have taken effect under the FLSA Final Rule on Overtime.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Misclassifying an employee or group of employees can mean back pay and benefits plus substantial penalties. Knowing the limits of each worker category under state and federal rules is the best protection.
This session suits CFOs, C-level executives, HR and accounting professionals, payroll and operations leads, department managers, store directors, schedulers and staffing associates.
AREA COVERED
- FLSA guidelines for classifying hourly workers
- State and federal definitions of exempt and nonexempt
- Executive exemption: meeting the test
- Administrative exemption: management or general business operations, discretion and independent judgment
- Exempt employees of educational establishments
- Professional exemption: learned and creative professionals
- Computer employees: what makes some exempt
- Outside sales employees: the requirements
- Highly compensated employees: meeting the test
- State vs. federal salary basis requirements
- Structuring jobs to avoid classification confusion
- Consequences of misclassification
- Changes that would have taken effect under the Final Rule on Overtime
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify exempt and nonexempt employees under the FLSA and state law
- Apply the tests for each exemption class
- Compare state and federal salary basis requirements
- Structure jobs to avoid confusion between classifications
- Explain the consequences of misclassification
- Describe the changes proposed in the FLSA Final Rule on Overtime
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Chief Financial Officers
- HR Professionals
- Payroll Leads/Supervisors/Managers
- C-Level Executives
- Operations Leads
- Department Supervisors/Managers
- Accounting Professionals
- Store Directors
- Personnel Schedulers
- Staffing Associates
Misclassifying an employee or group of employees can mean back pay and benefits plus substantial penalties. Knowing the limits of each worker category under state and federal rules is the best protection.
This session suits CFOs, C-level executives, HR and accounting professionals, payroll and operations leads, department managers, store directors, schedulers and staffing associates.
- FLSA guidelines for classifying hourly workers
- State and federal definitions of exempt and nonexempt
- Executive exemption: meeting the test
- Administrative exemption: management or general business operations, discretion and independent judgment
- Exempt employees of educational establishments
- Professional exemption: learned and creative professionals
- Computer employees: what makes some exempt
- Outside sales employees: the requirements
- Highly compensated employees: meeting the test
- State vs. federal salary basis requirements
- Structuring jobs to avoid classification confusion
- Consequences of misclassification
- Changes that would have taken effect under the Final Rule on Overtime
- Identify exempt and nonexempt employees under the FLSA and state law
- Apply the tests for each exemption class
- Compare state and federal salary basis requirements
- Structure jobs to avoid confusion between classifications
- Explain the consequences of misclassification
- Describe the changes proposed in the FLSA Final Rule on Overtime
- Chief Financial Officers
- HR Professionals
- Payroll Leads/Supervisors/Managers
- C-Level Executives
- Operations Leads
- Department Supervisors/Managers
- Accounting Professionals
- Store Directors
- Personnel Schedulers
- Staffing Associates