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	<strong>As Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc on Houston, Texas, and surrounding areas, undoubtedly, many businesses have been damaged or destroyed, while others have closed temporarily for safety and security reasons. These businesses may remain closed, or operate with limited hours, for days, weeks, or possibly months. When such closures occur as a result of nature’s forces, what are an employer’s obligations to continue paying its employees?</strong></p>
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	The third recommendation in <em>Inc.com</em>’s “<a href="https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/9-ways-your-business-can-help-hurricane-harveys-ho.html" target="_blank">9 Ways Your Business Can Help Hurricane Harvey's Houston Victims</a>” is “[k]eep paying your affected employees.” From an employee-relations standpoint, this is solid advice and certainly will help those who are facing immediate financial needs. But is an employer <em>legally</em> obligated to continue paying its employees while the business is closed?</p>
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	Following Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, Sandy, and others, Jackson Lewis addressed employers’ common questions when such natural disasters strike. See our articles, <a href="http://www.jacksonlewis.com/resources-publication/employer-pay-obligations-face-disasters" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.jacksonlewis.com/resources-publication/frequently-asked-questions-when-business-must-close-because-inclement-weather-such-hurricanes" target="_blank">here</a>. In light of Hurricane Harvey, we readdress those questions in this article.</p>
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	1. When a company closes due to inclement weather, must the company pay an hourly, non-exempt employee for the day(s) when the business was closed?</p>
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	A: Generally, there is no obligation under federal law or state law to pay non-exempt employees for time not worked. Whether the company requires the hourly non-exempt employee to use his or her vacation days is a matter of company policy. However, several states require employers to compensate non-exempt employees under call-in or reporting pay laws, especially if the employees were not advised that they should not report to work and were denied work upon arrival at the workplace (Texas does not have such laws).</p>
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	A: That depends upon whether the business was closed for the entire workweek or only part of the week. The Department of Labor has issued an Opinion Letter stating that if the employer closes the business due to inclement weather or other natural disasters for <em>less than a full workweek,</em> the employer must pay the employee’s full salary even if:</p>
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	A: Typically, yes. The DOL also has addressed this scenario and has stated, “it is the Department’s view that an employer that remains open for business during adverse weather emergencies may make deductions, for full-day absences only, from the pay of an otherwise exempt employee who chooses not to report for work for the day(s) because of the adverse weather emergencies, and treat any such full-day absence(s) as being for ‘personal reasons’ under the applicable regulations.” Employers may not dock the pay of an exempt employee if the employee’s absence is due to “sickness” or “disability.” The DOL, however, holds that an employee’s inability to report to work due to severe weather or hazardous road conditions is considered to be a “personal reason” not falling under either of these two limitations. Of course, with today’s digital workforce, employees often are capable of working from home, even if that is not their normal routine, and employers need to ensure that the pay of exempt employees who are performing work remotely is not being docked simply because the employee did not report to the office. This is particularly important because only <em>full-day</em> absences may be docked. Thus, if an exempt employee works remotely during a given workweek, even if only for an hour, his or her pay cannot be docked.</p>
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	A. Most definitely. Non-exempt hourly employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek must be paid overtime. Whether those employees also are entitled to premium pay for working during this time period is a matter of company policy.</p>
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