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A sales commission is a sum of money paid to an employee upon
completion of a task, usually selling a certain amount of goods or services.
Employers sometimes use sales commissions as incentives to increase worker
productivity. A commission may be paid in addition to a salary or instead of a
salary. The Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) does not require the payment of commissions.
Compliance
assistance materials regarding commissions are available from the Office of
Compliance Assistance Policy's Web site.
Laws & Regulations on This
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Regulations
29 CFR
§779.410 Statutory provision
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CFR §779.411 Employee of a "retail or service
establishment"
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CFR §779.412 Compensation requirements for overtime pay
exemption under section 7(i)
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CFR §779.413 Methods of compensation of retail store employees
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CFR §779.414 Types of employment in which this overtime pay
exemption may apply
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CFR §779.415 Computing employee's compensation for the
representative period
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CFR §779.416 What compensation "represents commissions"
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CFR §779.417 The "representative period" for testing employee's
compensation
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CFR §779.418 Grace period for computing portion of compensation
representing commissions
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CFR §779.419 Dependence of the section 7(i) overtime pay
exemption upon the level of the employee's "regular rate" of pay
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CFR §779.420 Recordkeeping requirements
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CFR §779.421 Basic rate for computing overtime compensation of
nonexempt employees receiving commissions
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