FLSA Math: How to Calculate Wage-Related Damages

Friday, September 13, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Program Chair:
Louis Pechman Pechman Law Group PLLC

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This lively and challenging CLE program will provide the nuts-and-bolts necessary for attendees to understand the, at times confusing, formulas that apply when calculating wage-related damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law. Join a distinguished panel of management and employee-side attorneys as they explain the myriad ways in which damages are calculated under both laws.

  The panel will discuss specific and complex examples of issues that arise in practice, such as:

  • Calculating hourly, overtime, and minimum wage rates (salaried, commission, shift pay, blended rates)
  • Special rules for the calculation of damages for workers in the hospitality/restaurant, domestic and building services industries
  • Spread-of-hours pay and non-hourly wage rates (salaried and piece-rate employees)
  • Statutory damages under the Wage Theft Prevention Act
  • Overtime gap rule
  • Bonuses
  • Fluctuating workweek
  • Interest under state and federal laws
  • Liquidated damages
  • Tip credits and tip damages
  • Spreadsheet tips and calculations

  
  Live Program & Webcast: $229 for Members | $329 for Nonmembers
  In-House Counsel: Free for Members | $249 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $119 for Members
  Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2017-2019), Judges (and their staff who are also members), or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Gianfranco J. Cuadra Pechman Law Group PLLC	John S. Ho Cozen O’Connor
  Brian S. Schaffer Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP	Noel P. Tripp                         Jackson Lewis P.C.

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.	Introduction/Overview Louis Pechman
  9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Hourly, Minimum, & Overtime Wage Rates Hourly Rate Commission, shift pay, blended rates, piece rates Shift differentials, on call pay, cash in lieu Salaried employees, 0.5 v. 1.5 Bonuses Klinghoffer “Gap Time” Rule John Ho
  9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Fluctuating Workweek Gianfranco J. Cuadra
  9:45 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.	Hospitality/Restaurant Issues Brian Schaeffer & Noel Tripp
  10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	Break
  10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	Building Service Issues Noel Tripp
  10:55 a.m. – 11:10 p.m.	Domestic Workers Issues John Ho
  11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.	Wage Theft Prevention Act, Liquidated Damages, Interest, & Spread-of-Hours Pay Brian Schaeffer
  11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Spreadsheet Tips & Calculations Gianfranco J. Cuadra
  11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Questions Panelists

• CLE Credit
  New York: 3.0 Skills
  New Jersey: 3.2 General
  California: 3.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 2.5 General

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Federal Courts, Harry Sandick, Chair
  Hospitality Law, David Helbraun, Chair
  Labor & Employment Law, Katherine A. Greenberg, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org

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