Do certain payroll practices such as recording of hours and taking deductions from leave accounts violate the salary basis test?

A number of common payroll and recordkeeping practices are allowed that do not call into question whether an employee is paid on a salary basis. For example, the following practices do not violate the salary basis test:

1. Taking deductions from an exempt employee's accrued leave account to cover an absence subject to the leave policy (See also Sick Leave and Disability Leave and Vacation and Personal Time);
2. Requiring an employee to record his or her hours of work;
3. Requiring an employee to work a specified schedule; and Implementing bona fide, across the board schedule changes.

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