First Circuit; fluctuating workweek; FLSA; overtime

Co-authored by Steve Shardonofsky and Ashley Hymel

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently sided with an ever-increasing line of cases clarifying the type of payments that may be added to a fixed salary without violating the fluctuating workweek method described in 29 C.F.R § 778.114.  The Court distinguished additional hourly-based pay from performance-based bonuses in this
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