Employers in the private sector can keep their expenses for employee overtime down and remain in compliance with the FLSA by doing which of the following:
- Adding the employee’s hours in one workweek to the next workweek and averaging the two workweeks.
- Giving the employee compensatory time off for every hour worked by the employee in a workweek in excess of 40 hours
- Obtain a written agreement from the employee waiving the right to overtime premium pay after the employee has worked overtime