This audio conference was recorded on Wednesday - July 29, 2009

Credits:

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification.

Description:

Throughout the maze of employee compensation, there are a number of questions that come up regularly. If not handled correctly, these questions can cause your maze to turn into a very deep, dark hole.

Order this audio conference recording, when our employment law expert provides explanations and answers to the 10 most common payroll questions that can create liability and litigation problems, and even keep you up at night.

Speaker(s):

Caroline Brown, Esq. is an associate in the Atlanta office of law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP. Her practice consists of advising employers on preventive issues and representing employers in government investigations in labor and employment matters. In particular, her practice focuses on the areas of wage and hour laws and wage payment laws.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• The most common “exempt” classification mistakes
• Why the Department of Labor does not care about job titles
• How meal break deductions can easily become traps for the unwary
• Pay issues when employees are performing more than one job for an employer
• When on-call time is compensable
• How to correctly capture time for non-exempt employees who work remotely
• Travel time basics
• Misconceptions about using “comp time” in the private sector
• Using interns and other volunteers without turning them into “employees”
• Maintaining time records that will satisfy the Department of Labor