Mass-Peculiarities: An Employers Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State 2022 Edition

Table of Contents (con’t) Page © 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2022 ed. | v 8. Calculation of the Regular Rate for an Employee Paid by a Method Other Than an Hourly Rate ...................................................................75 a. Piecework .................................................................................75 b. Day Rates and Job Rates............................................................76 c. Semi-Monthly or Monthly Salary ...............................................76 9. Calculation of the Regular Rate Using the Fluctuating Workweek Method (FWW) ....................................................................................77 10. Calculation of the Regular Rate Using the Fixed Salary Method.............79 11. Calculation of the Regular Rate for an Employee Working at Two or More Rates.......................................................................................81 B. Sunday and Holiday Overtime Pay Requirements..............................................81 VI. Exemptions from Overtime ..........................................................................................82 A. White Collar Exemptions .................................................................................83 1. Minimum Compensation Requirements .................................................84 2. Salary Basis Test ..................................................................................84 a. Deductions from Salary .............................................................85 (1) Deductions for Disciplinary Reasons...............................85 (2) Deductions for Personal Absences ..................................86 (3) Deductions for Sickness or Disability..............................86 (4) Deductions Taken Pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act and Massachusetts Leave Laws.........87 (5) Deductions from Vacation or Leave Banks......................87 (6) Responses to Downturns in Business: Reductions in Pay and Furloughs..........................................................88 b. Violations of the Salary Basis Test .............................................89 c. Safe Harbor for Employers That Make Impermissible Deductions ................................................................................90 3. Duties Tests for White Collar Exemptions .............................................91 a. Executive Employee Exemption.................................................91 (1) Management Duties........................................................92 (2) A Customarily Recognized Department or