Sadly, many employers in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and other areas hit by the hurricane's Harvey and Irma are now wondering what the employment and FLSA laws are regarding paying employees. There are specific rules regarding how to pay exempt employees and how to pay non-exempt employees. Paying exempt employees wrong could result in those employees loosing their exempt status. Additionally there are rules about how employees should be paid when the business is closed temporarily or long-term, and what happens when an employee works from home, even without prior permission.

1. PAYING EMPLOYEES
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WHEN YOUR BUSINESS
TEMPORARILY CLOSES DUE TO A
NATURAL DISASTER

2. EXEMPT
EMPLOYEES

3. Under the FLSA
exempt employees
cannot have their pay
deducted when there
is no work, but they
are available to work

4. E X E M P T E M P L O Y E E S
< 1 W E E K B U S I N E S S C L O S U R E
Exempt Employees must be paid full
Weekly Wage if the business is closed for
less than 1 week.
Non-worked days can be pulled from
Paid Time Off balance.

5. E X E M P T E M P L O Y E E S
B U S I N E S S O P E N E M P L O Y E E U N A B L E W O R K
If the Employee is unable to get to work
and the Business is open, then 1 full day
can be deducted from pay.

6. E X E M P T E M P L O Y E E S
E M P L O Y E E W O R K S O N L Y F E W M I N U T E S
Exempt Employees must be paid for a Full
Day's Salary even if they only work a small
amount of the day.

7. Employer Benefits
Employers cannot
deduct an exempt
employee's pay for a
partial day of missed
work without risking
exempt status

8. H O U R L Y - N O N E X E M P T
F L S A O N L Y R E Q U I R E S
P A Y M E N T F O R H O U R S W O R K E D
T H I S A P P L I E S W H E T H E R T H E
B U S I N E S S I S O P E N O R C L O S E D
F R O M T H E E M E R G E N C Y

9. Employer Benefits
Employees "On Call"
at business location
during a storm must
still be paid.

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