WELCOME!

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Agenda

• New Federal Overtime Pay Rule

• Showing Eligibility to Work in Colorado Gets Easier!

• Personnel Files – Employees Now Have a Right to Review Them

• What’s Your Biggest HR Problem?

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New Federal Overtime Pay Rule• Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Brought Us the

minimum wage, 40 Hour Work Week, and Overtime Pay

• Employees Can Be Exempt from FLSA Based on– Duties They Perform…No Change

– Pay They Receive…Big Change effective 12/1/2016Current Pay Minimum(Effective 2004)

New Pay Minimum(Effective 2016)

$455/Week or$23,600/Year

$913/Week or$47,476/Year

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What Do I Need to Do?• Determine If You Have Exempt Employees Who Will Not Meet the New

Pay Minimum

• Review Your Options– Increase Pay– Cut Pay– Cut Hours

• Hire More Workers• Move Work to Exempt Employees

• Considerations– Effect of Increases on Other Employees’ Pay– Effect on Other Programs like Benefits– Time Keeping Requirements– Cost

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Say Good-Bye to the Colorado Affirmation Of Work Status Form

• Purpose: Demonstrates Eligibility to Work in Colorado

• Requirement Gone as of August 10, 2016

HOWEVER!

• Must Continue to Complete Federal I-9s for All Employees. Demonstrates Eligibility to Work in US, which includes Colorado

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Employee Personnel Files• Beginning January 1, 2017, Employers Are Required, at least Annually, to Permit a Current or

Former Employee to Inspect and/or Obtain a Copy of His or Her Personnel File

• Does Not Require an Employer to Create, Maintain, or Retain a Personnel File for a Current or Former Employee

• What Goes into a Personnel File? Recruiting and screening documents such as applications, resumes and educational transcripts Warnings, counseling and disciplinary notices Performance evaluations and goal setting records Termination records.

• What Doesn’t Go into a Personnel File? Reference/background checks Immigration (I-9) forms Child support/garnishments Workers’ compensation claims

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About thresholdHRthresholdHR provides solutions that offer immediate impact and sustainable results for your business.

Count on thresholdHR when you need: Help with Difficult Employee Problems Adjusting to Changes in the Environment Organization Design for Your Growing Company Just-in-time HR support…Quick Answers to All Your HR Questions Customized HR audits focused on compliance and planning for growth Employee Handbooks and Policies Supervisory Training and Coaching 1×1 Consulting to Help You Identify the Root Causes of and Resolutions for Your Most

Critical Employee Issues

Check out our website at thresholdHRsolutions.com or contact us directly at team@thresholdHRsolutions.com.

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Bring It On!