1 – Hour Webinar
One of the most misunderstood and legally risky areas within wage and hour compliance involves properly classifying employees as exempt or non exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many organizations incorrectly assume that paying employees a salary automatically makes them exempt from overtime requirements. In reality, employers must carefully evaluate salary basis requirements, salary thresholds, and detailed duties tests before classifying employees under one of the FLSA white collar exemptions.
This webinar is specifically designed to simplify the FLSA exempt classifications in a practical, approachable, and highly educational way for HR professionals and organizational leaders. Participants will explore the Executive, Administrative, Learned Professional, Creative Professional, Computer Employee, and Outside Sales exemptions while learning how courts and the Department of Labor evaluate exempt status operationally.
Special emphasis will be placed on the Learned Professional exemption because this exemption often creates significant confusion involving teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, accountants, therapists, pharmacists, and many other professional positions. Participants will gain clear guidance regarding advanced knowledge requirements, prolonged specialized instruction, discretion and judgment considerations, and positions that commonly create classification uncertainty.
Throughout the webinar, attendees will review realistic workplace scenarios, common misclassification mistakes, practical compliance considerations, and detailed examples involving numerous job positions that may or may not qualify for exemption status. The webinar is designed to help HR professionals feel significantly more confident analyzing exempt classifications and discussing FLSA compliance within their organizations.