Tag: timekeeping practices

Avoid Costly Wage-and-Hour Mistakes with Nonexempt Employees
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Avoid Costly Wage-and-Hour Mistakes with Nonexempt Employees

Nonexempt or “hourly” employees must be paid for all hours worked. But what if a nonexempt employee answers a work text after hours? Or skips…

Ninth Circuit Preserves FLSA De Minimis Rule
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Posted in Compensation

Ninth Circuit Preserves FLSA De Minimis Rule

On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revisited a timekeeping case centered around a dispute over whether an employee “booting up”…

Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations

Our employees start work at 8 a.m. The owner of the company requires that meal breaks start at 1 p.m. While I have told him…

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California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Timekeeping Rounding Case

On February 1, 2023, the California Supreme Court granted a petition to review the California Court of Appeal’s decision in Camp v. Home Depot U.S.A.,…