Ruling Offers Employers Flexibility To Schedule Longer Work Shifts
Lowering the base hourly pay rate of employees who opt to work 12-hour shifts so that their total weekly pay including overtime premiums equals what they would have earned by working traditional eight-hour shifts does not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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