Celena Mayo (Partner-New York, NY | Garden City, NY) was quoted in the May 3, 2021, edition of Law360 in an article titled “5 Tips for Grasping the FLSA's Administrative OT Exemption.” Celena discusses employer requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act as it relates to administrative exemption from overtime. She notes employers need to remember that a salary “remains constant regardless of the quality or quantity of work performed.” She goes on to say employers need to be careful in their decisions to dock the pay of a salaried employee and they “need to be ruthless when assessing whether an employee falls into one of the exempt categories because the potential liability arising out of failing to do this is really problematic."

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