TRAINING

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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-06-01 AT 09:23AM (CST)[/font][p]MAY I PAY NEW HIRES IN A TRAINING CLASS A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR PAY?

Hatchetman

You need to give a little more detail on what the training involves.

Training may be work time and therefore payable as work. To have training NOT counted as work time, the Department of Labor regulations require that it occur outside the employee's regular work hours; AND attendance be, in fact, voluntary; AND the employee not do any productive work while in training session; AND it NOT be directly related to the employee's job (if it helps the employee perform the current job, then it is related to work).

Margaret Morford

You can pay a different rate for training than the actual job rate as long as you are paying at least minimum wage and can attract people to do the job at that rate.

Margaret Morford
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Theresa Gegen TX

to pay the lower rate for training, you need to let the employee know before he or she starts, that the lower rate will be paid.

In any event, the employee must get atleast minimum wage and overtime if hours are over 40.

Down_the_Middle

As a minimum, you are required to pay at least minimum wage for those training hours. Depending on the length of the training period it may be a recruitment issue and create difficulties in attracting qualified people. Many states specify a specific, allowable rate for training, so you might check 2/c if that applies to your situation.