Posts tagged hours worked.
Favorable court rulings regarding off-the-clock work require more than the right policies, but illustrate the magnitude of such policies under the right circumstances.
Tags: Allen v. City of Chicago, compensable work, Compliance, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, hours worked, Mt. Clemens Pottery, time records, timeclock, timekeeping, work time, working time, worktime
The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected an employee's claim to have been entitled to FLSA overtime compensation for unreported hours worked.
Hours Worked, Recordkeeping, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, working time, work time, time records, off-the-clock, unauthorized work, constructive knowledge, Fairchild v. All American
A quick survey of recent court decisions suggests that the "de minimis" worktime concept is still alive and well.
One should not conclude from a recent, favorable court ruling that FLSA timekeeping obligations are a "set it and forget it" proposition.
Compliance, Hours Worked, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, working time, work time, time records, timeclock, time clock, Brown v. ScriptPro, Mt. Clemens Pottery
A recent California case supports the view that there is nothing inherently unlawful about the proper rounding of employee worktime.
Hours Worked, Recordkeeping, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, See's Candy, rounding, hours worked, timekeeping, nearest tenth, nearest quarter, nearest five minutes, nearest 5 mintues, 29 C.F.R. 785.48, 785.48, 785.48(b)
It is not likely that Alan's time between calls would be found to be worktime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Hours Worked, Quick Quiz, Recordkeeping, TimekeepingTags: Quick Quiz, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, on-call time, on-call, call time, down time, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, working time, work time
Is an on-call employee's time between calls likely to be deemed to be "hours worked" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act?
Hours Worked, Quick Quiz, Recordkeeping, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, on-call time, on-call, call time, down time, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, Quick Quiz, working time, work time
The relevant question under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act gets down to whether Ellen was "engaged to wait" or was "waiting to be engaged".
Hours Worked, Meals, Quick Quiz, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, business trip, overnight, down time, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, Quick Quiz
How much of Ellen's "down time" counts as compensable work under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act?
Hours Worked, Meals, Quick Quiz, TimekeepingTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, business trip, overnight, down time, hours worked, compensable work, worktime, Quick Quiz
An increasing number of federal Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits and U.S. Labor Department investigations include claims based upon the employer's automatically deducting meal periods from non-exempt employees' recorded worktimes.
Breaks, Hours Worked, Meals, Recordkeeping, TimekeepingTags: meals, meal, lunch, automatic, timekeeping, hours worked, breaks