Critical Issues for Employers Under the FLSA

Despite being one of the oldest employment statutes, HR professionals and managers are still confused about issues associated with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it governs required overtime payments to be made to non-exempt employees. The FLSA impacts all employers and has serious consequences when not addressed. In fact, there has been a recent explosion of extremely costly class actions under the FLSA in the past five years.

The FLSA governs minimum wage, overtime pay, record-keeping and child labor standards; and is often misunderstood by employers. Unfortunately, making mistakes with FLSA issues can bring the U.S. Department of Labor into your workplace, leading to time-consuming audits and penalties which can reach back 3 years if an employer is found to have intentionally ignored the FLSA requirements.

Join us for a 90 minutes audio conference as we outline the employer's obligations under the FLSA and suggestions for meeting these requirements, who is exempt from the FLSA, potential penalties for non-compliance, and finally, a check-list to help employers avoid potential FLSA pitfalls and penalties..

Presenters and Panelists

Manesh Rath, Esq
Partner
Keller & Heckman LLP

Manesh K. Rath represents management in Employment and OSHA law matters. Mr. Rath counsels and represents businesses and associations facing employment discrimination charges, wage and hour laws claims, wrongful termination lawsuits, OSHA citations, and most other areas of human resources law issues.

Mr. Rath has authored employment law articles in several publications, including The Labor Lawyer, South Texas Law Review, and Inside Supply Management. He is a regular columnist in the Credit Union Executive Journal, and occasionally co-authors a regular OSHA law column in Compliance Magazine. He is the co-author of the seminal OSHA book, "Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook" (Government Institutes, 2001).

Mr. Rath is a frequent speaker on employment law and OSHA issues for numerous seminars, businesses and trade association conferences nationwide. He has instructed on employment and OSHA law issues at the college and graduate school level. On developing issues in employment law, he has been quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine and has spoken for television news.

In numerous cases, Mr. Rath has conducted litigation, motions and trials before state and federal courts and state and federal administrative agencies. He has handled cases in over twenty different jurisdictions throughout the nation. Mr. Rath is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Virginia State Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, where he currently serves as Vice President and sits on the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Chapter. From 1995 to 1998 Mr. Rath chaired the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Mentor Program and has been active in several other committees on behalf of the Virginia Bar Association.

Kathy Albarado, SPHR
President
Helios HR

Kathy Albarado founded Helios HR with a commitment to helping emerging companies streamline operations and solidify human resources practices. With over 18 years of experience in the profession, Kathy excels at implementing human resource and operational infrastructure, which contribute to a dynamic culture in focusing on talent acquisition and retention.

A Finalist for the 2004 HR Leadership Awards, Kathy was also awarded the Citation Award from the International Association of Workforce Professionals in 1999. She has held various leadership positions in the Employer Advisory Committee to the Virginia Employment Commission for over 15 years, including the State Chair. Kathy is currently the Vice Chair for the Northern Virginia Employer Advisory Committee and serves on the Board of the Society of Human Resources Management for the Northern VA Chapter. Kathy is an active member of Women in Technology, participating in the Mentor Protégé program, in a leadership role to the Heroines in Technology Awards and Chair for the 2004 & 2005 WIT Leadership Awards.

Kathy has been quoted in various media sources as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Compliance Magazine, Virginia Business Magazine and writes for the Washington Business Journal and the ExecutiveBiz magazine regarding HR and leadership issues.

Kathy received both her Master of Arts in Human Resources Management and Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from George Mason University. She currently holds her professional certification by the Human Resources Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

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