Paying Employees When the Office Is Closed
Am I required to pay employees when the office closes due to circumstances beyond my control? I have 10 employees.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), you're only required to pay employees for time worked. Therefore assuming you've notified everyone in advance the company would be closed for the day, you're not required to pay them.
On the other hand, if you didn't notify your employees in advance, and they actually showed up for work, then you do have some obligation to pay nonexempt employees for "reporting to work" time (at least two hours). And you have to pay exempt (salaried) employees for the entire week as long as they worked any portion of it.
