The Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, can be very confusing. Steven Siegel, Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of the law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP recently wrote an article for Workforce Management entitled "Top Five Employer Mistakes Under FLSA." The article list the top five mistakes made by employers as:
- Believing that salaried employees are automatically exempt from overtime
- Misclassifying assistant managers
- Automatic deductions for meal breaks
- Not paying for overtime that has not be approved in advance
- Allowing employees the right to "waive" their right to overtime
The article elaborates on each of the five mistakes.
