Protect Yourself From Overtime Lawsuits

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The number of overtime lawsuits has risen dramatically in recent years - nearly 400% in the last two decades according to a post at the Baltimore Business Journal. It’s usually the multimillion dollar companies that get the news coverage but small businesses aren’t any less vulnerable than the big guys. And for a small company with a minimal budget, an overtime lawsuit can be devastating.

How to avoid them is something every small business owner needs to know.

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Time On the Clock – Waiting Time, On-Call Time, Travel Time

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The Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division gets specific about what is and what isn’t considered work time. The hours which employees spend waiting, being on call, and traveling is all compensable time even when it may seem the employee is not actually “working.”

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