Overtime for meeting

offadmin

We are having a luncheon meeting to discuss changes in our insurance. All employees are required to attend. I realize this will be considered time worked but my question is: Can we require the employee to take off an hour at some other time during the week to prevent overtime?

HRQ

Yes. I would make sure the employees' supervisors monitor this or they'll end up working the overtime anyway.

SMace

You can schedule your business however you like. There may be some state requirements for notification when changing a schedule, but absent that, I think it is OK. I do not believe FLSA addresses this issue. Absent state regs, I would give them at least a week's notice. This is not legal advice.