Cooper associates Sarah Banola and Scott McLeod will be co-presenting an upcoming human resources webinar on exemptions from overtime under state and federal law. The webinar is scheduled for August 2, 2011 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Excerpts from Employer Resource Institute:
You’ll learn:
- The specific industries and positions the plaintiffs’ bar and government agencies are honing in on
- How “white collar” exemptions in California differ from the federal rules
- Why many seemingly exempt positions – including certain analysts, managers, specialists, and salespeople – aren’t
- Why “industry practices” don’t insulate you from liability (and some staggering recent judgments that graphically illustrate this)
- Which managers and assistant managers qualify for the executive exemption, and how to strengthen their exempt status
- Why it’s now harder than ever to successfully establish the administrative exemption
- The limited scope of the computer professional exemption at both the state and federal level, and why the classification of IT workers poses unique challenges
- Why paying employees a fixed salary is not sufficient to guarantee their exempt status – and what you need to focus on instead
- Why your “inside” salespeople aren’t exempt – and how to best structure your “outside” sales positions
- The importance of involving counsel in wage and hour audits
- Your organization’s responsibilities and options if misclassifications are discovered, including strategies for communicating with your workforce about status changes