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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. If you have a separate payroll department, you may have little to do with the processing side. Performance management software.

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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. If you have a separate payroll department, you may have little to do with the processing side. Time and attendance software.

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How to Calculate Variable Cost: Examples and Best Practices

Empuls

Labor is also referred to as piece rate labor as it is the wage that is paid out to laborers based on their output as compensation for their work. The variable cost helps businesses to set the price for their products or services and help in overall budgeting for their production process. Labor Labor is the number one variable cost.