Attorney Reid Estes Jr. Comments on New Overtime Rule
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Attorney Reid Estes Jr. recently spoke to Nashville Medical News about the changes in overtime rules that go into effect on December 1, 2016.
In “Changes in Overtime Rules have Employers Scrambling for a New Game Plan by Dec. 1” (10/11/2016), Mr. Estes spoke about the plans that employers are putting into place in anticipation of the overtime rules including anticipating that many employers will switch exempt employees to non-exempt status to avoid a hefty salary hike necessary to preserve the exemption.
“If the company makes the decision to reclassify formerly exempt employees, they’re going to shift job responsibilities and start tracking hours and will have to have a mechanism in place to track those hours,” he said.
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In “Changes in Overtime Rules have Employers Scrambling for a New Game Plan by Dec. 1” (10/11/2016), Mr. Estes spoke about the plans that employers are putting into place in anticipation of the overtime rules including anticipating that many employers will switch exempt employees to non-exempt status to avoid a hefty salary hike necessary to preserve the exemption.
“If the company makes the decision to reclassify formerly exempt employees, they’re going to shift job responsibilities and start tracking hours and will have to have a mechanism in place to track those hours,” he said.
To read the full article, please click here.
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