In recent months, WorkSmart Systems has advised more than 100 client employers with a collective 5,500 workers on how to comply with the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations. To date, the firm estimates that 18 percent of those workers will need to be moved from exempt, salaried status to hourly wages.
That’s nearly 1,000 employees.
So how are the reclassified workers handling the news?
“The reaction has been all over the board,” said Jason Carney, HR director for WorkSmart, an Indianapolis-based company that provides HR services to small and medium-sized employers.
