Bonuses Must Be Included In Regular Rate For Non-Exempt Employees: Another Cautionary Tale?
What employers often miss when calculating proper overtime is that they must include in the regular rate different kinds of supplemental payments that non-exempt people receive. If they do not, they are not paying properly. When it involves one employee, maybe not such a big deal. When it involves dozens or hundreds of workers, e.g. a class, then it becomes a very big (and expensive) deal. A recent example of this is the settlement between…