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Tags >> Overtime Pay

Whether employees should be paid for using company issued Blackberry devices was a question posed over at LinkedIn. I answered the question because I thought it was an especially timely one these days. Lawsuits for unpaid overtime are growing increasingly common. The Fair Labor Standards Act that governs federal overtime law has long been one of the most frequently violated laws in America. As mobile technologies become more commonly used by employees, the wage and hour laws are becoming even more difficult for employers to correctly apply.