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Contractor Overtime: Overtime Rules for Remote Contractors

HR Lineup

However, amidst the flexibility and convenience of remote work, questions often arise regarding overtime rules and regulations for these contractors. Understanding the intricacies of contractor overtime is crucial for both contractors and the businesses that hire them.

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Labor Crunch Increases Construction Risks, Liabilities

InterWest Insurance Services

The ongoing labor shortage affecting the construction industry is leading to increasing exposure for contractors due to a number of risks. Working short-staffed or with employees new to construction can lead to increased workplace injuries, which in turn can result in higher workers’ compensation premiums. Quality and defects.

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DOL clarifies employers’ obligation to pay nonexempts’ overtime

Business Management Daily

While you can have remote workers sign telecommuting agreements detailing their regular working hours, those agreements won’t save you if they don’t spell out the procedure nonexempts must use to request to work overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, if you actually know employees worked overtime, you’re on the hook to pay for it.

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Are you required to pay your employees overtime?

Abel HR

If an employee works more than 40 hours in a typical work week, are you required to pay them overtime? According to the US Department of Labor (DOL), employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week.” So, who exactly falls under this non-exempt status?

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NJ Targets Rampant Misclassification of Drywall Workers

Workers' Compensation

Workers misclassified as independent contractors may not be entitled to certain labor protections, such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and workers' compensation benefits. Another reason is that drywall work is often done in the construction industry, which has a history of labor law violations. “In March Associates Construction Inc.

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Exempt vs. non-exempt employees: Navigating worker classification

Higginbotham

These workers are usually paid hourly and are eligible for overtime pay and minimum wage protections due to the nature and hours of their work. Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements for Non-Exempt Employees Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees are entitled to a minimum wage of at least $7.25

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8 Examples of Wrongful Termination

HR Digest

2 Constructive Discharge : Constructive discharge is when an employee chooses to quit. An example of this could be when an employer reduces a staff’s paycheck or even a demotion without a valid reason can count as constructive dismissal.