Team TuneUp: Exempt from... what?
You have questions, we have (at least some) answers. Join us for Team TuneUp to ask any people/HR questions that are top of mind for you or your organization.
🗣️ This month:
With the recent whiplash around FLSA salary minimums, lots of folks in the HR community have been talking about exemption status. But “exempt” from what, exactly?
It’s easy to get so wrapped up in the letter of the law that you lose sight of why they made a law in the first place. Why does it even matter whether someone’s paid a salary or by the hour? And why does the government have to get all up in your business by regulating it?
In this month’s Team TuneUp, we bring one of the Department of Labor’s most contentious laws to life, and make the case for why you should care if your team is classified correctly (besides just avoiding the pain of having to fix it). We can’t save you from the pain, but maybe we can convince you that it’s worth the effort.
Our Team TuneUp calls are an opportunity to discuss what’s on your mind with experienced PeopleOps experts and like-minded business leaders. If you don’t have questions, come listen in and see what you pick up. All are welcome!
⁉️ What to expect:
We host these regularly. Each 45-minute session will have a main topic (this time, FLSA!).
You can submit questions ahead of time or ask them during the session. As time allows, we’ll open up the space to questions unrelated to that topic - whatever is top of mind for you! We’ll provide some thoughts but also open it up to the group to share ideas and recommendations. After the session, we’ll follow up with some resources, ask for feedback, and send a link to sign up for the next call.
🎧 New in 2025:
We'll be recording these sessions, but we won't share the recording directly or in full. Instead, we plan to pull some clips into a podcast to make the conversation more accessible. If you don’t want your voice/opinions to be included in the podcast, just let us know during or shortly after the call! For any clips we do plan to include, we’ll ask how you’d like to be credited before adding them to the podcast.
🙋🏻 Who are we?
Team Tune-Up is hosted on a rotating basis by Claire Baker (of Back Office MVP), AnnE Diemer (of aedHR), Krista Lane (of Headwaters HR) and Tali Ramo (of Organize to Optimize). Our passions and experiences differ but we share overlap in People and Operational work.
🤨 Who should join?
This is definitely an HR topic, but we think non-HR people can benefit from learning more about these classifications as well!
✅ HR leaders who write and enforce policies
✅ Employees who want to understand their classification better
✅ Managers who are responsible for job description creation
✅ Leaders who are growing their organizations
✅ Union organizers who want to better understand some of the nuances around employee classifications