wage and hour

Thursday’s Session 5 workshop “Wage and Hour—Changing the Rules of the Game” taught attendees that rules can change quickly and unexpectedly.

Hosted by Timothy Morris, CPP, Principal Regulatory Compliance Consultant at ADP, LLC, and Sushma Tripathi, Vice President of Workforce Strategy and Compliance at ADP, LLC, the workshop discussed wage and hour regulations and how they impact workforce management today.

“This workshop handles all facets of wage and hour compliance,” Tripathi said. “It is more important than ever with litigation on the rise.”

The workshop went in-depth into multiple topics including FLSA basics, minimum wage, overtime, regular rate of pay, and more. Federal and state minimum tipped and non-tipped wages were given their own detailed graphs that were well received in the chat.

“Love this breakdown per state,” wrote Sondra Dougherty, CPP, in the chat.

California is a prime example of how much disparity can be in one state alone.

"California has a two-tiered minimum wage structure," said Morris. "If you have 25 or less employees the minimum wage is $12 an hour. If you have 25 or more employees it is $13. But in certain localities, the minimum wage can be up to $16.30."

During the breakdown of California’s complex state minimum wage laws and their changes in 2021, attendees got vocal.

“Regarding California—they have unique rules, but I think they do a great job of explaining their rules,” wrote Sally Hilton, CPP, an APA Director of Payroll Training.

Tripathi is confident that attendees will take away a better understanding about wages that they can build upon in the future.

“Attendees should gain an expert understanding of the latest developments in federal, state, and local wage and hour compliance issues and examined the latest trends and best practices to help support compliance,” Tripathi said.