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FLSA and Employee Breaks: What Are They Really Entitled To?

Course Description:

There’s a lot of confusion about what breaks workers are entitled to under the FLSA.  In general, few (or no) breaks are required under law. But here’s the rub, take meal breaks… the employee must be fully relieved of any duty.  That means no answering the phone, no answering email, no running errands.

Otherwise you’re building in compensable time, which could equal up to 2.5 to 5 hours per week of overtime just for lunch breaks. 

But it’s not just meals you need to consider, there’s smoking breaks, coffee breaks, lactation breaks, religious breaks, health breaks, restroom breaks, and rest periods… which could all cause a myriad of compliance gotchas.

Course Highlights:

Find out what time is compensable, which breaks are required and how to avoid costly FLSA issues in this comprehensive audio conference.  During this must-attend event, our expert faculty will explain: 

• Which breaks are mandatory and how state laws figure in
• Which breaks are compensable
• Best practices for setting and monitoring of breaks.
• What constitutes a “bona fide meal period”
• What ‘fully relieved of duty” means when it comes to breaks and why it matters
• What “expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee” means and how to make sure you are in compliance
• How exempt and non-exempt employee break time issues differ
• On site vs. off site breaks
• How to calculate “hours worked” with breaks in mind
• How to handle breaks when an employee ‘works through’ them

Faculty :

Michael D. Haberman, SPHR

Michael D. Haberman is Vice-President and co-founder of Omega HR Solutions, Inc., a consulting and services company offering complete human resources solutions. Mike brings over 30 years of experience in dealing with the challenges of Human Resources in the 21st century. Mike uses his broad-based experience as a consultant, practitioner, writer, speaker and instructor in the areas of employment, interviewing, employee relations, management training, outplacement, safety, and social media to help companies solve employee problems and deal with governmental compliance in a constantly changing field.  He has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside; a Master's of Science in Industrial Relations from Georgia State University's Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations and is certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR).  He has over 13 years experience in the class room teaching human resources fundamentals and certification preparation.

Mike is the author of the Human Resources blog entitled HR Observations, which as been recognized  several times as a Top 25 in human resources related blogs. It was also been named as one of the Top 50 HR blogs to Watch in 2010. He has been selected as one of six HR bloggers to be featured on the online version of Human Resources Executive Magazine. He has also been named in the Top 10 Digital Influencers in Human Resources. He blogs on the Toolbox for HR website and contributes to several other web-based newsletter and blog sites.

Vincent B. Lynch, Managing Partner & Shareholder,  Florida Lawyer, Lynch & Robbins

Vincent B. Lynch practices complex civil litigation including class action defense in Federal and State Courts, before Federal and State Administrative Agencies and in Arbitration Forums.  Mr. Lynch's experience is broad including disputes involving commercial litigation, intellectual property law (Patent, Trademark, Copyright, domain names and trade secrets), product liability law, corporations and partnerships, Franchise Law  and employment law  (FLSA, ADA, Title VII, and the Florida Civil Rights Act). 

Lynch & Robbins provides HR and Employment Law counseling to employers.  Mr. Lynch has defended small employers to Fortune 500 companies in FLSA collective actions and individual lawsuits.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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