Technology Changes Compensable Time According to the FLSA

Technology Changes Compensable Time According to the FLSA ...

Technology Changes Compensable Time According to the FLSA. September 27, 2012. Are your employees “classified” correctly? Are you paying overtime for hours or ...

Fact Sheet #17E:Exemption for Employees in Computer-Related ...

The FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at not less than time ...

Federal Wage Hour Watchdog Weighs in on Employers' AI Use

Employers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered systems to monitor employee activities ranging from schedules and timecards to ...

DOL Issues Guidance on Wage-Hour Risk Posed by Artificial ...

Other risks include if AI-monitoring tools automatically code all non-productive work as non-compensable time. Short breaks lasting 20 minutes ...

FLSA Lawsuit - Must Workers Be Paid to Boot Up Computers?

Ultimately, the Court determined that time was not compensable under the FLSA because “the screening was not 'an intrinsic element' of the job ...

Court Rules Boot Up Time Compensable Under the FLSA

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that time spent by employees booting up their computers was compensable under the Fair Labor Standards ...

Tenth Circuit Confirms That Time Devoted To Booting Up Work ...

The Tenth Circuit ruled that time devoted to booting up a work computer and launching certain software before clocking in is compensable under ...

Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2024-1 - U.S. Department of Labor

only the time the worker spent at the worksite as compensable ... 1,250 hours of service requirement is determined according to the FLSA's ...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ...

At the same time, AI poses unique compliance challenges under wage and hour laws. Specifically, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires ...

Artificial Intelligence and the FLSA After Recent DOL Guidance

One area of the FLSA that AI may significantly impact is the defense of “de minimis” time. The de minimis time concept arose because sometimes, ...

Workers Should be Paid for the Time Spent Booting Up Computers ...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that time spent booting up computers for call center employees at the beginning of their shift is integral and ...

Should Employers Pay Employees for Time Spent Waiting for ...

Employers that decline to pay employees for time spent waiting for computers to “boot up” could be in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Compensable Time Under the FLSA: Overview | Practical Law

A Practice Note providing an overview of compensable working time issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including the Portal-to-Portal Act, ...

How external forces are reshaping FLSA compliance - HR Dive

The lawsuits focus on the unpaid time between arriving and clocking in. Experts see the use of technology as a doubled-edged sword under the ...

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

The 2021 IC Rule explained that independent contractors are not employees under the FLSA and are therefore not subject to the Act's minimum wage ...

What exactly is “de minimis”? How to address off-the-clock work in ...

This is only one factor to be considered. Modern technologies are changing whether and how employers can track this time for payroll purposes.

Portal-To-Portal Act - Parks, Chesin, & Walbert

The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify the definition of a compensable workday.

Fact Sheet #82: Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing ...

The FLSA requires that employers pay most employees in the United States at least the federal minimum wage for each hour they work. It also requires that they ...

U.S. DOL Final Overtime Rule & Salary Thresholds | Paychex

These employees, unless there is intervention by their employer, might become eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) after working ...

Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) & Travel Time Guidelines

Travel time is compensable regardless of work schedule. ... compensable. C. Time Zone Changes – If the time zone changes during the travel day, the hours should ...