1. Overtime - You work at a company that has 10 clerical supervisors earning $30,000 each....

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1. Overtime - You work at a company that has 10 clerical supervisors earning $30,000 each. Due to some recent turnover, half of these supervisors remain. As a result of the continuing work load, and the lack of staff, they each work about 60 hours per week. They are starting to complain about their salaries being too low, their hours being too long, and are not happy that they don't get anything extra for the additional time they put in the job. Given what you know about the FLSA, what do you recommend the company do with these supervisors? 2. Work Hours -- Without your knowledge or authorization, one of your hourly employees (her schedule is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm) started coming in to work about 15 minutes early this week (7:45 each morning). Each day, she comes in and sits at her desk, immediately logs into her computer to check email, goes through her phone voicemail messages, and begins preparing for the start of her day while she eats her daily breakfast sandwich. At the end of the week, she submits a time sheet with 41 hours and 15 minutes of work time (8 hours and 15 minutes each day for 5 days). She comments that she loves her new schedule of coming in a little early to get her day started, and plans to keep doing it. You do not have any budget for overtime pay for your team. How do you handle this situation, and what do you tell the employee? 1. Overtime - You work at a company that has 10 clerical supervisors earning $30,000 each. Due to some recent turnover, half of these supervisors remain. As a result of the continuing work load, and the lack of staff, they each work about 60 hours per week. They are starting to complain about their salaries being too low, their hours being too long, and are not happy that they don't get anything extra for the additional time they put in the job. Given what you know about the FLSA, what do you recommend the company do with these supervisors? 2. Work Hours -- Without your knowledge or authorization, one of your hourly employees (her schedule is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm) started coming in to work about 15 minutes early this week (7:45 each morning). Each day, she comes in and sits at her desk, immediately logs into her computer to check email, goes through her phone voicemail messages, and begins preparing for the start of her day while she eats her daily breakfast sandwich. At the end of the week, she submits a time sheet with 41 hours and 15 minutes of work time (8 hours and 15 minutes each day for 5 days). She comments that she loves her new schedule of coming in a little early to get her day started, and plans to keep doing it. You do not have any budget for overtime pay for your team. How do you handle this situation, and what do you tell the employee?

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