Exempt or Non-exempt: How to Classify Workers Right and Avoid Fines

Don’t get caught. Attend this straight-talk 60-minute conference conducted by a expert employment law attorney Edward Bergmann. He’ll lay out for HR executives a detailed overview of the white-collar exemptions, providing specific, practical examples showing how they’re applied. The course will also highlight the “hot spots” -- those areas where employers are prone to make classification mistakes, and offer advice for conducting audits.

After attending this course, you will be able to explain:

• Why we see so many fines and lawsuits involving the “discretion and independent judgment” test aspect of the administrative exemption – and what you can do to get it right
• Changes to the salary basis test and steps you can take to ensure compliance
• How to classify analysts, specialists, coordinators, executive assistants, and computer employees
• How to use, draft and manage job descriptions -- which are often your worst enemy when you get into court -- from an overtime classification perspective
• How to correctly determine who is supervising who for purposes of the executive exemption
• How to handle situations where an employee is supervised by multiple bosses
• The effect of the increased salary level test on the exempt status of part-time employees
• How employers have been responding to the new regulations.