Do you offer cash in lieu payments to employees who opt out of your employer sponsored health insurance because they’re enrolled elsewhere such as through a spouse’s employer? The Ninth Circuit recently held that cash payments made to employees in lieu of health benefits must be included in the hourly “regular rate” used to compensate employees for overtime. Read more about it here: http://www.calpublicagencylaboremploymentblog.com/flsa/the-ninth-circuit-holds-that-cash-payments-made-to-employees-in-lieu-of-health-benefits-must-be-included-in-the-regular-rate-for-overtime-purposes-under-the-flsa/