Introduction to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
E. E XAMPLES OF P AYMENTS I NCLUDED IN THE R EGULAR R ATE
Shift differentials; 192
Retroactive pay increase; 193
Educational and other incentive pay; 194
“Controlled Standby” pay; 195
Payments for “uncontrolled standby” time - even though not counted as hours worked; 196
Awards for performance on the job; 197
Merit bonuses; 198
Hazard pay; 199
Shooting pay;
Bilingual pay; 200
Longevity pay; 201
Special assignment pay;
Acting pay;
Supplemental payments pursuant to a disability policy; 202
Reasonable cost to the employer of free meals provided to employees; 203
Bonuses set forth in a collective bargaining agreement; 204
Cash in lieu of health or other insurance-type benefits. 205
Lump sum payments may be disregarded by employers in computing the regular rate until the time when the lump sum amount can be ascertained. Once the amount of the lump sum can be ascertained, employers must apportion back the lump sum over the workweeks of the period during which it was earned. A public employee must then receive an additional amount of compensation for each workweek that he worked overtime during the period equal to one-half of the hourly rate of pay allocable to the bonus for that week multiplied by the number of overtime hours worked during that week. 206 Examples of such lump sums include cash-in-lieu payments and bonuses. F. T IMELY P AYMENTS OF W AGES The FLSA does not regulate how often an employer pays its employees. 207 Employers are free to set paydays on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or other frequency. However, once a payday is established for a workweek, the minimum wages for all hours worked in that workweek are due on the regular payday for that workweek. 208
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