Are Your Pay Practices Still Compliant?

By now you have likely heard about a recent Supreme Court decision and a change in federal wage and hour regulations that have a direct impact on the retail automotive industry. The good news is that the Supreme Court decision is a win for those in the industry (at least for now) and that compliance with the changes in the wage and hour regulations should not be difficult, relatively speaking.

Service Advisors and The Sales Exemption

This year, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to decide whether service advisors were exempt from overtime under federal law based on the same overtime exemption that applies to salespersons (and techs and parts persons). Last year, the federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit ruled that the "sales" exemption did not apply to advisors. Other federal appeals courts had already ruled that it did. In part to resolve this conflict and create a consistent interpretation of the law, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and break the