CEDR HR Solutions

HR compliance and problem solving for dental offices

Blog By:
Paul Edwards

Important Notice for Dental Practice Owners

• The rules regarding how your salaried employees must be paid are about to change drastically
  
• Mis-Classifying an employee as Salary exempt and not paying them for overtime is a very common error made among dental offices.

• Making sure your employees are properly classified as “exempt” or “non-exempt” in the first place. This means passing a complex duties test, just paying the employee enough is not sufficient. (Take a look at the "Exempt / Non-exempt Audit Guide" link on our resource page for help)


• Understanding what paying on a “salary basis” instead of "hourly" means (and doesn't mean!)
  
  
• Coping with the new minimum annual salary ($47,476, nearly double the existing minimum salary) required for overtime exemption. This includes asking and answering the question of whether it’s better for each practice to raise wages, or re-assign the status of one or more employees to non-exempt. (We've created a fantastic tool that can help you answer this question, check out the "Overtime Calculator" link on our resource page below)