Legal Issues Surrounding Wages and Hours

Learn the legal issues around wages and hours in the workplace. Topics to be covered include: the law of overtime compensation and who is exempt from the overtime requirements, the interpretation of wage and hour regulations by the Department of Fair Employment, meal time and rest break requirements, remedies for not paying wages, and when class lawsuits will be permitted in wage/hour actions. Students will learn about the process of Labor Commission claims, lawsuits filed to recover past due wages, and the issue of when and how "commissions" are paid as wages. Strategies on avoiding exposure to wage/hour claims will also be covered.