Certain employers are considering rewarding their employees with bonuses for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in order to avoid triggering potential overtime payments under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers need to ensure that the bonuses provided are discretionary bonuses, rather than non-discretionary bonuses. Hogan Lovells employment lawyer Zach Siegel recently provided commentary on this topic in an article on the Society for Human Resource Management website, available here.
