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My company has employees take calls for the company after hours (we are 24/7/365). Managers with salary and few sales reps 100% commission. My questions is in Tennessee, do the commission reps receive or should they receive on-call payment for having the phones for the night/weekend?
The Fair Labor Standards Act regulates it. For the most part - being "on call" does not require pay. Taking a call could depending on pay structure like you said.There is no law/rule/regulation that I know of that would require compensation. As to should they receive compensation, that depends on their commission structure and what type of calls are they taking. Good salesmen are always on.
I have nothing to offer other than what's already been said.@vollygirl (HR question, not a forum problem)
Are you an actual employee or an independent contractor (I was thinking specifically of realtors)? If the latter, and you're on 100% commission, you get paid (eventually) only if you get a sale.My company has employees take calls for the company after hours (we are 24/7/365). Managers with salary and few sales reps 100% commission. My questions is in Tennessee, do the commission reps receive or should they receive on-call payment for having the phones for the night/weekend?
That’s the hiccup, or the question posted. The few reps on call are taking for all reps. Might be their own territory/customer or could be for another rep. No split commission.Are you an actual employee or an independent contractor (I was thinking specifically of realtors)? If the latter, and you're on 100% commission, you get paid (eventually) only if you get a sale.