What Is Compensable Working Time Under the FLSA?

Description

Employers are facing an increase in litigation on the definition of compensable working time and how it affects overtime calculations under the FLSA. Learn about FLSA’s definition of Compensable Working Time in this 90-minute audio conference.

The definition of compensable working time is one of the more difficult definitions with which employers grapple in today’s challenging workplace. The question of whether travel time, on-call time, waiting time, break periods, training sessions and donning and doffing count as compensable working time that must be included in the overtime-eligible workweek must be answered correctly to avoid substantial exposure from time consuming and resource draining wage & hour litigation.  This 90-minute interactive audio conference will provide you with answers to your questions about compensable working time, and will help you to avoid that risk.

During this audio conference, Mr. Alfred and Mr. Bartlett address the following topics:

• Defining working time – pre-shift time, rest breaks, meal breaks, and post-shift time.
• Determining what qualifies as de minimis time.
• Rounding and clock rules.
• Working time issues surrounding cell phones, Blackberries and other devices of the modern workplace.
• The biggest sources of mistakes employers make with compensable working time and what can be done to avoid them.
• Recent examples of cases involving compensable working time.

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Speakers

Richard Alfred is a partner in the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group in Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston office, and has defended employers in almost 30 years of practice.  He is the head of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group and chair of the firm’s Boston Labor & Employment Department.  His practice focuses on the defense of collective, class and hybrid actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws in federal and state courts.  Mr. Alfred has recently represented clients in a number of industries, including financial and professional services, specialized staffing, retail, pharmaceutical, airline, manufacturing, trucking, home building, and technology in such cases.

Brett Bartlett is a partner in the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group in Seyfarth Shaw’s Atlanta office. Mr. Bartlett devotes the majority of his practice to the defense of complex federal and state wage and hour litigation and to assessing employers’ compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws.  He also provides preventative counseling and change management assistance to employers wishing to limit their exposure to investigation and litigation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the state laws that require employers to pay overtime and minimum wages to their employees.  He has defended scores of class and collective actions brought by employees alleging entitlement to unpaid overtime and minimum wage in the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, newspaper, insurance, medical, pharmacy, retail, and real estate holding industries, among others. Mr. Bartlett frequently speaks at seminars and conferences regarding employers’ compliance with wage and hour matters. 

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