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Workspan Daily
06/22/2022
Common mistakes in this area include assuming that paying an employee on a salary basis (even a high one) automatically means the employee is exempt; relying on a job title or educational credentials rather than the employee’s actual duties; and not ensuring that job descriptions are accurate and up to date, reflecting what the employee is really doing on the job (as perhaps the duties have changed over time).
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Workspan Daily
06/12/2024
In addition, WTW tracks the SEC’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) that accompanied the final rules, most recently in November 2023 (see SEC issues November 2023 guidance on pay versus performance ).
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Workspan Magazine
11/03/2023
;Subscribe to a pay benchmarking service through vendors in the space.; While the second group has a head start on this work, even these companies may need to ramp up their compensation capabilities, since they may need to increase both the volume and quality of their work.
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Workspan Daily
02/04/2025
Classifying employees (either intentionally or unintentionally) as exempt when their duties do not fall within the qualifications and standards for an executive, administrative, professional, computer/or and outside sales employee; in doing so, affected employees unlawfully do not receive the protections and benefits within the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime rules.;
;Off-the-clock work.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
11/06/2025
Access and Care Evaluation Point
Question
Yes/No
Primary care integration
Are specialists and primary care physicians (PCPs) linked to share information for holistic care (integrated, digital systems)?
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Workspan Daily Plus+
03/11/2026
The exemption does not apply to the manufacture or repair of computer hardware and related equipment.;;
🗹 The employee’s primary work must consist of the application of systems analysis techniques, or the design, development or creation of computer systems/programs.;
Nuance:
;This exemption is particularly relevant to new-collar roles because the primary work requirements prioritize highly skilled work with no degree requirement.;
;In lieu of a degree, job descriptions might require “mastery of systems architecture” and “the ability to design proprietary logic unsupervised.”
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Workspan Magazine
11/03/2023
Relying on the vendors to help you identify how you should manage your SPM program can be risky, leading to situations where the vendor forces you to fit inside their system’s functional capabilities.
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Workspan Daily
04/01/2026
Bias and Privacy Are the Core Compliance Risks
Two compliance risks dominate the AI conversation in HR:
;Discrimination; and,;
;Data privacy.;
AI systems learn from historical data, and if that data reflects biased decision-making, the system can replicate and even amplify those inequities.
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Workspan Daily
11/04/2024
;Job duties: The employee’s job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional (EAP) duties as defined in the DOL fact sheets.; In cases where the classification of individual employees is called into question, law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck advised to strategize on the best way to handle the matter (i.e., by reclassifying such workers as hourly or increasing their salaries to meet the new thresholds).
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Workspan Magazine
04/08/2026
“If your systems and your stated values are misaligned, your culture will reflect the systems every time,” Waters said.
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