HR Badge #07: Hiring Process: Compensation-HR Badge #7

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The document is a training module on employee compensation and related labor rights for school district supervisors, emphasizing that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may add or change requirements. It outlines Washington State minimum wage rules (2024: $16.28/hour, adjusted annually) and defines “hours worked” broadly to include work that is requested, permitted, or allowed—even if done on a day off—while noting commuting time is generally excluded.<br /><br />Overtime is covered in detail: nonexempt employees must be paid 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek (not based solely on long days, unless a CBA says otherwise). Guidance is provided for employees working multiple roles (use the rate for the job performed or a weighted average). Employers may cap hours to avoid overtime or schedule overtime but must pay it. Compensatory time may be used instead of overtime if accrued at 1.5 hours per overtime hour.<br /><br />The module explains exempt status tests: salary level ($67,724/year or $1,302/week), salary basis, and duties (executive, professional, administrative). Teachers are generally exempt based on primary duty of teaching regardless of salary threshold. Coaching overtime eligibility depends on the employee’s primary duty and whether they hold an hourly classified role.<br /><br />Break and meal rules are summarized: paid 10-minute rest breaks per 4 hours (cannot be waived) and a 30-minute meal period for shifts over 5 hours (may be waived). Nursing mothers must receive reasonable break time and a private, non-bathroom space to pump for up to two years after birth.<br /><br />Other compensation topics include limits on bonuses/incentives (potential “gift of public funds” concerns), an attendance/sick leave cash-out program, paid sick leave accrual (1 hour per 40 hours worked; use after 90 days; carryover limits), FMLA and Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave, reasonable accommodations (consult HR/legal), workers’ compensation basics, and unemployment eligibility rules. The module ends with a required final assessment (80% to pass).

Keywords

Washington State minimum wage 2024

school district supervisor training

collective bargaining agreements (CBA) compliance

hours worked definition (requested permitted allowed)

overtime pay nonexempt 1.5x over 40 hours

multiple job rates weighted average overtime

compensatory time accrual 1.5 hours per overtime hour

FLSA exempt status salary basis duties tests

rest breaks and meal period requirements Washington

paid sick leave accrual and family medical leave (FMLA WA PFML)