Posts tagged untimely payment.
Employers often have pay plans detailing the events that trigger an employee's entitlement to commission payments. A recent Seventh Circuit decision serves as a reminder that employers should closely consider the particular position when doing so.
Pay Plans, State-Specific Posts, Wage and Hour, Wage/Hour LawsTags: bonuses, commissions, Illinois, incentive pay, retail commissioned employees, time of payment, timely payment, timing of wage payments, untimely payment, Wage and Hour, wage payment, wage theft A recent court decision underscores that employers should not take a "close enough is good enough" attitude where the timely payment of FLSA-required wages is concerned.
Compliance, Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, RemediesTags: Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, timely payment, untimely payment, time of payment, liquidated damages, Martin v. U.S., Martin v. United States