Recent federal and state requirements are creating compliance pitfalls and costly exposure around worker classification, timekeeping, meal break deductions and travel time. Drawing on their experience advising healthcare organizations, Jackson Lewis Wage and Hour Group Co-Chair Justin Barnes and his colleague Andrew Bellwoar offer practical guidance for evaluating pay practices, strengthening recordkeeping and reducing risk.
Justin Barnes
Office Managing Principal, Atlanta
Hi, everyone. Thank you for listening. My name is Justin Barnes. I'm a principal with Jackson Lewis in the Atlanta office, and I also co-lead the firm's Wage and Hour group. I'm joined today by another fantastic wage and hour lawyer, Andrew Bellwoar, in our Washington, D.C. Region office. We're going to talk about some unique wage and hour issues that come up in the healthcare industry and the questions we get asked most often in that context. To kick things off, Andrew, what are some of the issues that you most often get asked about in the healthcare industry in the wage and hour context?
Andrew Bellwoar
Associate, Washington, D.C.
Thanks, Justin. It's great to be talking with you today. I've been lucky enough to work with you a bunch of times, so it's nice to do a podcast like this to talk about some of the common issues.
One issue we get a lot, especially from healthcare providers, is employee classification. This can come in a couple of different forms, but starting from the default,...
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