{"id":6211,"date":"2017-03-01T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:00:47","slug":"employers-take-care-relying-exception-flsa-overtime-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/employers-take-care-relying-exception-flsa-overtime-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers Should Take Care Before Relying on an Exception to FLSA Overtime Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/joseph-g-ballstaedt\">Joseph G. Ballstaedt<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/whd\/regs\/statutes\/FairLaborStandAct.pdf\">Fair Labor Standards Act<\/a>, employers are generally required to pay employees overtime pay, which is one-and-a-half times the regular pay. Overtime pay kicks in after an employee works 40 hours in any given week. There are several <a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.dol.gov\/elaws\/whd\/flsa\/screen75.asp\">common exemptions<\/a> to the overtime pay requirement, which apply to commissioned sales employees; computer professionals; drivers, driver\u2019s helpers, loaders, and mechanics; farmworkers; salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics; employees at seasonal and recreational establishments; and executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">These and all other exemptions are narrowly construed against employers asserting them, and employers have the ultimate burden of proving an exemption applies. As a result, any employer seeking to avoid paying overtime should take great care to check the exact terms and conditions of the exemption relied upon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/employers-take-care-relying-exception-flsa-overtime-requirements\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Employers Should Take Care Before Relying on an Exception to FLSA Overtime Requirements\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joseph G. Ballstaedt Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers are generally required to pay employees overtime pay, which is one-and-a-half times the regular pay. Overtime pay kicks in after an employee works 40 hours in any given week. 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