Audio Conferences

  May 14, 2008 at 02:00PM ET

The surge in wage and hour litigation, especially in worker classification, has penalized companies to the tune of more than $163 million for overtime violations and assessed $3.9 million in civil penalties under the FLSA in 2007.

In the area of misclassification of workers, in the financial industry alone, recent settlements with the Department of Labor (DOL) have included $98 million with Smith Barney, $37 million with Merrill Lynch and an $89 million deal with UBS.

Their mistakes include—incorrectly figuring how overtime pay rate is calculated and misclassifying workers according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Similar rulings and serious fines are being aimed at thousands of companies across the country. The DOL is definitely paying attention.

How can you protect your company? What can you do to ensure your procedures are correct? Join IOMA and renowned FLSA expert, Vicki M. Lambert, for this invaluable audio program. Register now for this comprehensive lesson in FLSA and you’ll learn how to correctly classify exempt and nonexempt employees for compensation.

In one compact, complete 90-minute session you’ll learn:

• Who is automatically eligible for overtime pay
• How to correctly analyze job duties to determine if someone belongs in one of the five exemption categories
• The “regular rate of pay” conundrum: It’s not just the rate the employee is hired at! Other types of payments (think bonuses, reimbursed business expenses, paid leave and more) can and will affect payment calculations
• Ramifications of an increased minimum wage: It affects much more than what you pay a person per hour!
• The “Must Pay” rules for the top 10 FLSA issues: How to handle training programs, travel to job sites, day trips, work done at home, on-call employees and more
• Contractors? Temp employees? What are the rules?
• Clear strategies for solving white collar exemption problems
• City contracts: Watch out for some that may have their own OT rules
• What if an employee works in multiple states or cities with conflicting wage and hour rules?
• How the federal rules impact state regulations
• Plus, all the basics: How much overtime can you ask nonexempt employees to work? Must employees be paid extra for weekend or holiday work?

Plus, Vicki Lambert will walk you through case after case of real-life examples every company can identify with. And, you'll have the opportunity to ask your own specific questions in the live Q&A session following the discussion.

Be proactive in protecting your company! Don’t miss out! Sign up now and learn how to correctly administer FLSA eligibility once and for all and ensure your company’s compliance.

FEATURED FACULTY

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, Certified Payroll Manager is President and Academic Director of Vicki M. Lambert, LLC a firm specializing in payroll education and training. Ms. Lambert has a Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude in Business Administration and is a Certified Payroll Professional with over 29 years of multi-state payroll experience. Ms. Lambert is editor of IOMA’s Payroll Managers Report, and author of The Complete Guide to Managing the Payroll Department 2008, The Federal & State Wage-Hour Compliance Guide 2008, and The Complete Guide to Garnishments 2007 and other publications.