The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) can cause a lot of difficulties for employers. Thankfully, once you have successfully determined whether each of your employees is exempt or non-exempt, you are done, right? Unfortunately not. Under the FLSA, you cannot base the amount of money you pay your salaried employees on the number of days or hours he or she works. In other words, you generally cannot deduct money from an exempt employee’s paycheck for time off work. But, surprise, surprise, there are exceptions to the general rule… You are permitted to dock an exempt employee’s pay: for a week when the employee does not perform any work for a day or days that the employee is absent for reasons[…]
