Employee Timesheet Template: What Every Timesheet Must Track, the FLSA Recordkeeping Rule, and Legal Rounding
The FLSA requires payroll records kept 3 years and permits quarter-hour rounding only when neutral — plus a free weekly timesheet template.
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NYC Is Grading Your Sick-Leave Data: A Small Employer's Guide to the Prenatal Leave Enforcement Sweep
NYC compares your sick-leave use rates against CDC benchmarks; low usage triggers DCWP investigations with penalties up to $2,500 per employee.
Farmworkers and Overtime: Who's Exempt, Who's Not, and the State Rules Growers Miss
Federal law exempts farmworkers from overtime, but eight states now require time-and-a-half — and piece-rate math plus youth rules still apply.
Seasonal Workers and Overtime: How the FLSA Exemption for Amusement Parks, Camps, and Ski Resorts Works
Amusement parks, camps, and ski resorts can skip federal overtime by passing the 7-month or 33-1/3 percent receipts test — if state law agrees.
Daily Overtime and Double Time in California, Alaska, and Nevada: The 8-Hour, 12-Hour, and Seventh-Day Rules That Trip Up Employers
California pays 1.5x past 8 hours and double time past 12; Alaska adds daily overtime and Nevada ties it to wages, so the federal 40-hour rule is not enough.
Pittsburgh's Sick-Leave Ordinance Just Got Bigger: What the 2026 PSDA Amendment Means for Your Payroll
Pittsburgh's 2026 sick-leave expansion requires 1 hour per 30 hours worked, capped at 72 hours for larger employers — nearly double the old limits.
Which Travel and Training Time Is Paid? The DOL Fact Sheet 22 Rules for Employers
Under DOL Fact Sheet 22, the ordinary commute is unpaid, but job-site, overnight and most training time are hours worked — and count toward US FLSA overtime.
Day Rates Do Not Erase Overtime: How to Compute Time-and-a-Half for Day-Rate and Piece-Rate Workers
Under the FLSA, day-rate and piece-rate workers still earn overtime: divide weekly pay by hours worked, then add a half-time premium for each hour over 40.
Do You Owe Every Employee a Day of Rest? One-Day-in-Seven Laws in California, New York, and Illinois
California, New York, and Illinois each mandate a weekly day of rest — measured three different ways, with per-employee penalties for every week you miss.
Reporting-Time Pay, Explained: The "Show-Up Pay" Rules That Kick In Every Time You Send a Scheduled Employee Home Early
No federal law requires show-up pay, but eight US states plus DC do — California owes half the shift (2–4 hours) when you send scheduled staff home early.
The Fluctuating Workweek Overtime Method: Pay Half-Time Instead of Time-and-a-Half
Under 29 CFR 778.114, a fixed salary can compensate all hours worked, so overtime costs only a half-time premium — $80 instead of $300 on a 50-hour week at an $800 salary. This guide covers the math, the five conditions, the 2020 rule on bonuses, and the state-law bans in Alaska, California, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania.
Blended Overtime for Dual-Rate Employees: How the Weighted-Average Regular Rate Works
Under the FLSA, an employee who works two hourly rates in one workweek earns overtime on the weighted average of those rates, not either rate alone — and because straight time is already paid, only the half-time premium is still owed. A worked example (45 hours at $20 and $30 gives a $23.33 regular rate and $58.33 in premium pay), the five errors that trigger back-wage claims, and the records that prove your math.