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October 17, 2016
Minimal Annual Salary Effective December 1
Minimum annual salary level of some of your employees may be $47,476 effective DECEMBER 1st 2016.
This applies to employees employed as bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees.
Will you be in compliance?
According to the WHD Small Entity Compliance Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “White Collar” Exemptions there are three basic tests for qualification.
1. Payment on a salary basis: the employee must be paid a predetermined and fixed salary that is not subject to reduction because of variations in the quality or quantity of work performed;
2. Payment of a minimum salary level: the amount of salary paid must meet a specified minimum amount; and
3. Duties test: the employee’s job duties must primarily involve those associated with exempt executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, or computer employees.
2. Payment of a minimum salary level: the amount of salary paid must meet a specified minimum amount; and
3. Duties test: the employee’s job duties must primarily involve those associated with exempt executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, or computer employees.
Call us. We can help.
There are 10 pages to this guide and “Duties Tests” that are applicable to the four exemption levels. We can help you navigate the tests and this document to determine if a specific employee will qualify. Call today 412-278-2200 or email us.