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Is Paying Your Employees Overtime Mandatory?

Abel HR

In this blog’s infancy, we discussed a question that comes up regularly as we talk to clients, which is, do I have to pay my employees overtime? In general, whether a person is eligible for overtime is decided by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). So let’s break it down: Who is eligible for overtime?

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3 Tech Tools No HR Department Should Be Without

Insperity

On the flip side, with an automated time system you can enforce overtime controls. Most payroll systems house historic data in the form of piece rate, commission, bonuses and other special pay types. Managers can see when an employee invests significant time into a special project.

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3 Tech Tools No HR Department Should Be Without

Insperity

On the flip side, with an automated time system you can enforce overtime controls. Most payroll systems house historic data in the form of piece rate, commission, bonuses and other special pay types. Managers can see when an employee invests significant time into a special project.