Compliance with the new Department of Labor (DOL) overtime pay rules is mandatory for your practice. Failure to correctly classify each employee as either exempt or nonexempt can lead to costly compliance violations for your practice.
The trick is to figure out which of your staff will be affected by the new DOL “white collar” overtime pay rules (i.e., medical assistants, physician assistants, front desk staff, etc.).
Legal cases involving wage and hourly disputes are currently some of the most active types of employment law litigation, and settlement amounts are hitting new highs. This means when employees complain about not being paid correctly, lawyers listen, and you get sued. But you don’t have to interpret the law on your own.
On Thursday, May 9th at 1:00 pm ET, healthcare attorney Ariel Fenster, Esq., is hosting a healthcare-specific online training that will walk you through how to comply with the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white collar” overtime pay rules. You’ll receive a step-by-step breakdown of these new requirements as they specifically relate to healthcare. You’ll learn how to ensure compliance with these new overtime pay rules – including how to avoid overpaying your staff. You’ll have time to get your specific questions answered as well.
Here are just a few of the proven compliance tactics you’ll receive during this practical, step-by-step online training that will help you comply with these new FLSA overtime pay rules:
- Discover when it’s in your best interest to raise salaries or switch to hourly
- Identify which sections of your employee policy manual you should update immediately
- Comply with deadlines for the new overtime pay rules to avoid legal trouble
- Breakdown other factors that change an employee’s exemption status
- Stop paying overtime to staff members who don’t qualify under the new rule
- Reduce risk by implementing must-use language during employee conversations
- Cut confusion when determining how bonuses factor into employee salary calculations
- Utilize a detailed compliance checklist to meet FLSA overtime rule deadlines
- And so much more…
Every medical practice and clinic that has full-time employees, no matter how big or small, is responsible for complying with these new FLSA rule modifications. Your practice is not immune from the changes, so you must know how to comply.
This practical, online training will walk you through exactly how to comply with the changes to these overtime pay rules for each type of salaried employee, how to determine an appropriate hourly wage, and how to effectively communicate with your staff. You’ll also receive detailed action items to help you avoid additional employment problems arising from these new requirements.
You must take specific steps right now to comply with these new FLSA overtime pay rules. Don’t wait—protect your practice and sign up for this expert online training today.
Ariel is a Senior Associate in Seyfarth Shaw’s Atlanta office, concentrating her practice on representing and counseling employers throughout the country in the entire range of employment law matters. Ariel provides extensive advice and strategic guidance to clients on a wide array of Human Resources topics and issues, including policy development and review, auditing the Human Resources functions, leave and absence management, EEO compliance, reductions in force, employee relations, labor relations, performance management, discipline and discharge and various other areas, with an emphasis on instituting best practices and avoiding audits and litigation.
Ariel relieves her clients’ day-to-day pain points related to performance management, discipline, terminations, and reductions in force, with an emphasis on compliance, business needs, and prevention of litigation. When clients have serious employee complaints, she assists with investigations—either advising in-house counsel and HR or conducting the investigation herself. She regularly trains managers, leaders, executives, HR departments, and legal teams on the full suite of labor and employment topics.
Ariel possesses a specialized focus in working with clients in the healthcare industry and understands their day to day employee challenges. Ariel is certified by Seyfarth Shaw’s Healthcare Institute and frequently leverages her deep understanding of the industry to help large healthcare systems, as well as smaller locally owned homecare companies.
