With a myriad of local, state and federal laws addressing compensation, it is essential that employers understand their obligations when issuing departing employees' final paychecks.
Many employers do not appreciate the patchwork of local, state, and federal laws regulating the calculation and distribution of final wage payments to departing employees. Employers must recognize and comply with a whole host of regulations or risk extensive penalties and/or costly litigation.
This topic will provide an overview of the legal issues and common pitfalls related to final employee wage payments. This topic also will include a practical discussion of manageable best practices and model policies for use in today's dynamic - and often multistate - employment environment.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe and implement best practices for complying with federal and state wage payment regulations.
- You will be able to identify when final wage payments to departing employees must be issued, and what must be included in final wage payments.
- You will be able to review if and when it is permissible to make deductions from departing employees' final paychecks.
- You will be able to recognize potential penalties for failing to properly calculate and timely issue final wage payments.
This live webinar covers these hot issues
Timing of Final Wage Payments
- Impact of the Terms of Employee Separation (Termination vs. Resignation)
- State-Specific Requirements, Including Requirements for Same-Day or "Immediate" Payments
- Payment of Accrued but Unused Paid Time off
- Best Practices
Deductions From Final Wage Payments
- Permissible Deductions
- FLSA Prohibitions and Employee Remedies Under Federal Law, Including
- Administrative Actions and Claims for Liquidated Damages, Attorneys' Fees, and Costs
- California-Specific Requirements and Penalties for Noncompliance
- Best Practices
State and Local Wage Theft Prevention Acts
- Increasing Trend of Wage Theft Prevention Acts
- Impact on the Calculation and Distribution of Final Wage Payments
- Notification Requirements and Penalties
- California and Other Jurisdictions (e.g., New York, Washington, D.C.)
Credit Information (Sponsored by Lorman Education Services)
- CLE
- CPE
- AIPB
- SHRM
- NASBA
- CPP/FPC
-
HR Certification
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Only registered attendee will receive continuing education credit.
Faculty
Sadina Montani, Vedder Price
- Attorney in Vedder Price’s Washington, D.C. office
- Practice emphasizes employer compliance with all types of employment-related issues, including wage and hour issues, FMLA compliance, Title VII discrimination issues, termination issues (including reductions in force), ADA compliance and discrimination issues, and various local, state, and federal employment laws
- Conducts quarterly interactive lectures on various workforce management issues, and regularly speaks at conferences regarding employer compliance issues and employment-related litigation trends
- Serves as a member of the Board and past treasurer for the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia; served on numerous governance committees for the District of Columbia Bar, and was a member of the inaugural class of the John Payton Leadership Academy of the District of Columbia Bar; serves as the chair for the Board of Directors and General Counsel for Serve Your City, a D.C.-based children’s wellness and mentoring nonprofit organization, and serves as pro bono counsel for a number of nonprofit organizations, which focus on education, the environment and various social services; member of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section
- Can be contacted at 202-312-3363 or smontani@vedderprice.com