The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay non-exempt employees overtime if they work enough hours (usually over 40/week). Overtime must be paid at one-and-a-half times the employee’s “regular rate” of pay. Unfortunately, it’s not always so easy to calculate the employee’s regular rate. Here we’ll look at some of the most common regular … Read more
New York’s Labor Law requires employers to have written agreements with each commissioned salesperson they employ. Employers who don’t satisfy this requirement could run into serious problems down the road. Who Is a Commissioned Salesperson? The New York Labor Law uses the terms “commission salesman,” “commission salesperson,” and “commissioned salesperson” interchangeably. I think the last … Read more