Clearly Communicate That Non-Exempt Employees Will Be Paid For All Time Worked•Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees are entitled to be compensated for all work that the employer allows. The argument plaintiffs make in cases is that they did not record all of their time because they did not know that they were entitled to be compensated for all hours worked. Such a policy will give employees notice that they have a right to be compensated for their services, even if no prior approval was received for overtime.
2. Clearly Communicate That Non-Exempt Employees Must Record All Time Worked•Many cases center on the claim that management directed or otherwise pressured employees not to record all of their working hours. By enforcing a policy that non-exempt employees must record all time worked, employees will be on notice that management cannot force them to work off the clock. The employee must report all time worked even if the hours worked are not within the normal