Recent Articles from Kalen Fraser
Bosses, beware: The employee v. contractor trap
What if you didn’t have to pay employment tax, worker’s compensation, unemployment, payroll processing fees, and all the other costs of having employees? Sounds good, right? It’s a risky bet that many employers have taken in recent years – classifying all or some of their employees as independent...
Overtime: A big deal
Overtime is a big deal. According to data available on the U.S. DOL Data Enforcement website, employers in the U.S. have agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion dollars in federal overtime back wages for investigations concluded since 2007. That compares to the relatively small amount of $307 million agreed to for federal minimum wage […]
Are salespeople exempt from overtime?
“But I don’t have to pay overtime to my salespeople, right?” is a common question asked at Labor Brain presentations. Many employers assume that their salespeople are exempt from overtime. This assumption comes from the fact that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contains two overtime exemptions for sales employees. However, not all sales employees […]