Warn managers against sending after-hours texts and emails to nonexempt subordinates
Chances are, almost all your employees have mobile devices that let them send and receive texts and emails at any time. Advise managers of hourly employees not to send electronic messages to them outside working hours. That counts as work for which they must be paid under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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