Wage & Hour Compliance: Adjusting to the New Regulations and Otherwise Avoiding Overtime Liability
What are latest developments regarding the new white collar regulations and how can you can best respond to their implementation? In this session, you will:
- Learn the trends in overtime pay enforcement, from the DOL's perspective, as well as through private litigation.
- Receive the latest developments regarding the new white collar exemption regulations and be given the best practices in responding to them.
- Learn the major problems employers otherwise face with respect to misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime pay.
- Get techniques for analyzing jobs so that employees are properly classified as exempt vs. non-exempt.
- Understand how employers become liable for miscounting time for overtime pay calculation purposes, so that you can avoid such practices in your workplaces.
Robert A. Boonin
Robert A. Boonin is a member of the national law firm of Dykema Gossett and is based in its Ann Arbor office. Rob is an honors graduate from The University of Michigan Law School, holds a Masters in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University, and a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Practicing law for nearly 40 years, Rob has litigated employment law matters before federal and state courts across the nation, handles all forms of union matters for employers, and regularly counsels clients on such issues as discrimination, FMLA compliance, and wage and hour law.
Rob is a recognized leader in his field. For instance, he is: on the Chambers USA list of top employment law attorneys; listed as a Best Lawyer in Employment Law; repeatedly recognized as one of Michigan’s “Super Lawyers”; a Fellow and a Past-President of the Litigation Counsel of America; a Past Chair of the national Wage and Hour Defense Institute; a Past Chair of the Michigan Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section; and a Fellow of the distinguished American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Rob also in an immediate past-chair of the American Bar Association’s Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee (which covers FLSA matters), and serves as an Editor of the most recognized authority on the FLSA, the Bloomberg BNA legal treatise – The Fair Labor Standards Act.