Wage & Hour Answer Book, 2012 Edition

• Real-world, detailed examples that simplify complicated overtime pay, hours worked, and other calculations
• Tips and precautions to help you avoid non-compliance that you can apply immediately
• Insightful discussions of gray and evolving areas so you can intelligently plan for the future
• Fully up-to-date citations to controlling regulations and case law
• And more!

Wage and Hour Answer Book gives you authoritative, plain-English explanations of how and - when - the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other wage and hour laws govern the employer-employee relationship, and what may happen when violations occur.

The 2012 Edition includes the addition and explanation of recent case law and Department of Labor (DOL) opinions and regulations regarding all aspects of federal compensation law, including: identifying which employers are covered, strategies on how to address overtime costs and attain FLSA compliance, and prevailing wage obligations for employers with government contracts.

Other updates include:

• When an intern's or trainee's participation in an internship or training may be without compensation
• Updated examples and clarification of joint employment relationships
• Updates to several chapters reflecting the DOL's April 2011 amended regulations, including:
• Tip credits:
  • When employers are required to give employees notice of specific information before a tip credit is taken
  • Recordkeeping requirements of employee notices by employers
  • What may be considered a "tip"
  • Whether an employer may retain any of the employees' tips
  • Who may be considered a "tipped employee"
  • Recommendations to employers when taking a tip credit
• Tip-pooling:
  • Codifying when tips are the property of employees and prohibiting employers from using an employee's tips for any reason other than statutorily permitted
• Updated table of state minimum wage rates and certain local minimum wage or living wage rates
• Recent court interpretation of when a retail store manager may qualify for exempt executive status
• Expanded discussion regarding whether pharmaceutical sales reps are considered exempt administrative employees, exempt outside sales employees, or both
• New rulings on whether certain occupations are included under the administrative or professional exemption, for example:
  • "Senior Specialist" at a major accounting firm
  • "Asset protection team leader"
  • "Financial representatives"
• Clarification of how an employer can determine whether an employee is an exempt outside salesperson
• When an employer can terminate a current employee to hire an employee to be paid at the youth minimum wage
• Which agricultural employees are exempt from the FLSA's overtime requirement
• Expansion of types of employees covered under the motor carrier exemption
• New examples of when purely intrastate transport may constitute interstate commerce under the motor carrier exemption
• April 2011 amended regulations clarifying when (and definitions surrounding) a salesperson, partsman, or mechanic may be exempt from overtime