- Misclassifying non-exempt employees as exempt employees.
- Offering comp time instead of paying overtime.
- Permitting employees to “volunteer” to work overtime without pay.
- Miscalculating overtime.
- Deducting expenses from employee’s paycheck. (You can’t deduct items from pay that bring an employee below minimum wage.)
- Holding the last paycheck.
- Failing to accurately record time worked.
- Counting time worked per pay period instead of per week. (Some states, such as California, handle payroll differently. Be sure you’re aware of your state’s requirements for payroll reporting.)
- Failing to pay minimum wage.
- Failing to pay for all time worked (e.g. travel, break, on-call).
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