Exempt vs. Non-Exempt
This type of employee is not eligible for overtime under the FLSA.
What is an exempt employee?
Overtime must be paid at this rate after 40 hours in a workweek
What is time and a half (1.5x)?
All hours worked must be tracked for this type of employee.
What is a non-exempt employee?
For a lunch break to be unpaid, it must be this.
What is completely uninterrupted?
Your employee starts working 15 minutes early without asking. What do you do?
What is pay them for the time and coach on policy?
Non-exempt employees are usually paid in this way.
What is hourly?
True or False: Overtime must be pre-approved to be paid.
What is False?
True or False: Managers may round employee time entries without asking.
What is False?
True or False: Employees who work through lunch must still be paid.
What is True?
An employee tells you they worked overtime from home but didn’t clock it.
What is record and pay the time, then address expectations?
Employers must pay this and overtime rates for employees.
What is minimum wage?
This law requires overtime pay and recordkeeping.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
Managers should review timesheets for this before approving.
What is accuracy?
If an employee eats lunch at their desk while answering emails, this is considered...
What is paid time?
You notice an employee is regularly editing their time entries.
What is ask for documentation and escalate if needed?
This type of employee attended a required training after their shift so you must pay them for their time and travel.
What is Non-Exempt?
A manager can be held accountable if they do this with overtime hours.
What is edit or remove them?
If an employee forgets to clock in, the manager should do this.
What is confirm the hours with the employee before making changes?
These types of breaks are typically paid if under 20 minutes.
What are rest breaks?
An employee clocked in at 7:50 but wasn’t scheduled until 8:00. You...
What is pay them and clarify future expectations?
True or False: It's the job title that really determines whether someone is exempt or non-exempt.
What is False? It’s the actual job duties, not the title, that determine FLSA classification.
Employees who consistently work unauthorized overtime should receive this—not withheld pay.
What is corrective coaching or discipline?
Signing off on inaccurate time entries can create this type of risk.
What is a legal or compliance risk?
If an employee works through lunch and isn’t paid for it, this law may be violated.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
One of your non-exempt employees regularly forgets to clock out, but tells you their hours at the end of the week. What should you do before approving their time?
What is confirm the hours with the employee and document the correction?