Here’s the scenario: Your company is holding a training session at your central business office. All of your employees, including non-exempt, hourly employees, are required to attend the training session. While some employees work just minutes away from the central business office, others work several hours away.

If you answered “no,” chances are you are violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is the federal law that requires employers to pay overtime at the rate of 1.5 times an employee’s “regular rate” of pay. You’re probably thinking, “I already do that!”

It depends on the amount you are trying to recover and how you go about recovering those funds. This issue often comes up because an employee negligently damaged company property or failed to return company property at the end of their employment.