There a misconception that employees who are paid salary never have to be paid overtime. This is NOT true! The issue is complicated, but here’s some information for figuring out whether you are entitled to overtime, or whether you need to pay your employees overtime. The payment of wages and issues like overtime are governed by a federal law, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, known as FLSA. FLSA governs the federal minimum wage, employment of youth, and overtime pay. In order ...
