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Managing the Compensable Workday in a New Electronic World

What is work? When does the workday begin and end? These seemingly easy questions are not so easy anymore. Here's why.

9 minute read January 27, 2010 at 07:12 AM
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Christopher A. Parlo And Michael J. Puma
Managing the Compensable Workday in a New Electronic World

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay their employees a minimum wage for all hours worked in a workweek and to pay overtime to those nonexempt (i.e., hourly) employees in any workweek that exceeds 40 hours.

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