Compensation of Consulting Engineers: Legalities and Realities
| Autor: | Ted G. Eschenbach, Joann C. Mitchell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
National Compensation Survey
business.industry Employee benefits Strategy and Management Compensation (psychology) media_common.quotation_subject Compensation of employees General Engineering Wage Legislation Accounting Management Science and Operations Research Human resource management Industrial relations Business Salary media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Management in Engineering. 15:66-73 |
| ISSN: | 1943-5479 0742-597X |
| DOI: | 10.1061/(asce)0742-597x(1999)15:1(66) |
| Popis: | Engineers are generally considered to be “professional” employees and, therefore, exempt from the wage and hour standards of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires that such professional employees (1) perform duties that are above and beyond the routine tasks generally performed by nonprofessionals; and (2) be paid a salary. Compensation practices at many engineering consulting firms do not meet the FLSA’s definition of a salary. This paper examines the requirements for the professional exemption, summarizes the results of a survey that was sent to engineering firms in Alaska, compares the common practices found with interpretations of the federal regulations, and recommends practices that are fair to both the employee and the employer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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