Overtime: Pay It If You Know About It

Sometimes, employers struggle with whether to pay employees for overtime hours they didn’t know the employees were working. As two recent court cases demonstrate, what an employer knew and when it knew it can decide whether a company is obligated to pay for overtime work.

Autonomous Agency Manager

Jerry Merritt supervised insurance agents in his role as an agency manager for the Texas Farm Bureau. He set his own schedule, decided how many hours he worked, and wasn’t required...