The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which mandates that employers pay overtime for certain employees working more than 40 hours a week, has always been a difficult area to navigate. The renewed focus by the Department of Labor on overtime violations, as well as a whole host of new regulations effective as of the end of 2004, certainly has not made it any easier, especially for the administrator in a physician practice left with the responsibility for ensuring compliance with the FLSA and many other laws. A medical practice sometimes confronts unique wage and hour issues and questions that require research and often legal analysis to resolve.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which mandates that employers pay overtime for certain employees working more than 40 hours a week, has always been a difficult area to navigate. The renewed focus by the Department of Labor on overtime violations, as well as a whole host of new regulations effective as of the end of 2004, certainly has not made it any easier, especially for the administrator in a physician practice left with the responsibility for ensuring compliance with the FLSA and many other laws. A medical practice sometimes confronts unique wage and hour issues and questions that require research and often legal analysis to resolve.
