Topic: An Insider's Look at FLSA!
Location: Texas Association of School Boards Walker-Davis Conference Center, 12007 Research Blvd., Austin, Texas 78759
Date and Time: October 8, 2008, 8:30 am — 4:30 pm
Cost: $145 for CTCBA, AHRMA, WCHRMA or WorldatWork members / $195 for non-members
(Cost includes continental breakfast, lunch and breaks as well as extensive handouts.)
Summary:
This informative and practical workshop, lead by former Wage and Hour investigator Karen Dulaney Smith, will cover the latest significant court cases, recent DOL opinion letters, and provide an insider’s look at the way the Wage and Hour Division functions. Participants can expect plenty of time to ask questions and leave with several ideas about how to monitor and improve compliance in their own workplace.
Some of the topics to be covered include:
Counting hours of work
- Donning and doffing
- Walking and waiting
- Meal breaks and sleep time
- Travel, meeting, and training time
Properly classifying workers
- Independent contractors or employees
- Exempt or non-exempt
- Different types of exemptions, including an in-depth review of the white-collar exemptions
Keeping Accurate Records
- Maintaining time and attendance
- Recording the employee’s pay
- Job descriptions/other business records affecting compliance
Paying overtime
- Deciding what to include in the regular rate
- Calculating overtime on different forms of pay
Investigations
- Avoiding a visit from the Labor Department
- Preparing for an investigator’s review
- Managing the investigation process
- Assessing potential damages
- Challenging the findings in an investigation
- Changing your pay practices
- Complying in the future
Rules to follow when employing minors
- Acceptable occupations
- Hours and age standards
Litigation
- Comparing the judicial and executive branches in Wage and Hour matters
- Assessing the true cost of litigation
- What your lawyer should know before settling or even talking to opposing counsel
Other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division
- Labor standards on government contracts
- The Family and Medical Leave Act
- Immigration Forms
Karen Dulaney Smith will be prepared to handle questions from special interest groups such as public agencies, small businesses, large corporations, and specific industries such as retail, service, and transportation.
About the Presenter:
Karen Dulaney Smith investigated employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, government contract laws and other Wage and Hour laws as a Wage and Hour Investigator with the Department of Labor. She regularly interacted with employer and employee associations, attorneys, accountants, and other governmental agencies to provide technical compliance. Since 1999, Karen has worked as a Wage and Hour Consultant, providing consulting and expert testimony for both management and plaintiff’s employment law attorneys, associations, major corporate clients, public agencies and small businesses. Scope of services includes: interviewing employees and management; analyzing time and pay records, corporate documents, legal and regulatory rules and opinions; advising attorney and clients; negotiating with the Wage and Hour Division; creating compliant business plans and job descriptions, and helping clients make decisions on a variety of related issues, such as organizational structure and employee relations. She also provides technical expertise and participates in strategic planning with groups attempting to influence legislation and regulation of US labor practices.
Karen received her B.A. in English Literature from Southwestern University and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District.
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