Free Webinar - Remote & Hybrid Work Wage-Hour Risks: Off-the-Clock Work, Overtime, Breaks and Payroll Compliance

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Overview:

Remote and hybrid work did not create new wage and hour laws, but it changed how wage and hour mistakes happen. The rules for paying non-exempt employees still apply, but the risks now often appear in places employers may not easily see: after-hours messages, chat apps, interrupted lunches, home offices, employee relocations, payroll settings, and timekeeping systems that have not been reviewed since remote work became routine.

This free HR and payroll compliance webinar explains how off-the-clock work, unauthorized overtime, remote timekeeping, meal breaks, exempt classification, work-state rules, expense reimbursement, and employee monitoring can create quiet but serious exposure for employers.

The session is designed to help HR, payroll, compliance, employee relations, and frontline managers understand where remote wage and hour risk tends to hide and what practical controls should be reviewed before small gaps become larger payroll, audit, or litigation problems.

Areas Covered:

• Why remote work changed wage and hour visibility
• Off-the-clock work through Teams, Slack, email, and after-hours requests
• Why non-exempt employees must be paid for all hours worked
• Unauthorized overtime: why employers must pay first and manage discipline separately
• “Suffered or permitted” work and constructive knowledge
• Remote timekeeping risks and self-reporting gaps
• Neutral rounding and full workday capture
• Startup, boot-up, VPN, and login time considerations
• Automatic meal deductions and interrupted lunch breaks
• Federal break rules versus state meal and rest break requirements
• Exempt classification risks in remote and hybrid roles
• Salary basis, salary level, and duties test considerations
• Current federal salary threshold context for white-collar exemptions
• Why the employee’s physical work state matters
• Multi-state payroll risks when employees relocate
• California, Colorado, and New York break rule examples
• Reimbursement issues involving home internet, phones, equipment, and supplies
• California and Illinois reimbursement considerations
• Employee monitoring, productivity tools, and state notice requirements
• Why monitoring data can also document unpaid work
• Wage and hour litigation, audits, back wages, liquidated damages, and state penalties
• Practical audit steps for HR, payroll, compliance, and managers

Why Should You Watch This Webinar?

Remote wage and hour problems rarely begin as dramatic violations. They often start with small habits: a manager sends a quick message after hours, a non-exempt employee replies without logging the time, a lunch break gets interrupted, payroll auto-deducts 30 minutes, or an employee moves to another state without the payroll setup changing.

This webinar helps HR and payroll teams spot those quiet risks before they accumulate. It explains why clean-looking timesheets, chat logs, system access records, automatic deductions, and old job classifications may need closer review in a remote or hybrid environment.

The practical value is clear: employers can reduce exposure by improving timekeeping, reviewing exempt classifications, training managers, tracking remote work locations, paying all hours worked, checking state-specific break and reimbursement rules, and making sure monitoring tools do not create a second layer of compliance risk.

Who Will Benefit?

This webinar is designed for professionals responsible for wage and hour compliance, payroll accuracy, remote work policies, employee classification, timekeeping, manager training, and multi-state workforce administration. Those include:

• HR Managers/HR Directors
• HR Business Partners/HR Generalists
• Payroll Managers/Payroll Specialists
• Payroll Compliance Teams/Employee Relations Professionals
• Compliance Officers/Remote Workforce Managers
• Hybrid Team Managers/Operations Managers
• Frontline Supervisors/Department Managers
• Compensation Managers/Total Rewards Teams
• Timekeeping Administrators/Workforce Management Teams
• Leave and Attendance Teams/Employment Law Support Teams
• In-House Legal Teams/Small and Mid-Sized Business Owners
• Multi-State Employer HR Teams/Remote Work Policy Teams
• People Operations Teams
• Risk Management Professionals
• Managers Supervising Non-Exempt Employees

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