A Superb Fair Labor Standards Act Expert Service

Fair Labor Standards Act Expert Witness Qualifications

I specialize in providing a premier Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) expert witness services to the legal profession and business community. I possess specialized FLSA related training and expertise that I received from my former employment as a Compliance Specialist (Investigator) with the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and from my professional human resource (HR) Senior Compensation Analyst employment in private industry. My analytical expertise and professional experience in litigation support as an “FLSA Expert Witness” enables me to meet the standards of accuracy and clarity imposed by the litigation process. I specialize in providing Fair Labor Standards Act compensation consultation involving, FLSA minimum wage, FLSA overtime, FLSA exemptions, FLSA litigation, and FLSA expert witness services to employers and attorneys who are engaged in compliance issues involving the FLSA.

I have consistently succeeded in assisting attorneys and their clients with their various FLSA wage litigation issues involving the Fair Labor Standards Act. My testimony as an Fair Labor Standards Act expert has been permitted by courts in precedent setting FLSA litigation cases.

I have provided outstanding FLSA litigation assistance to attorneys and employers in validating and preparing calculated estimates of employees’ FLSA back wage amounts due and in negotiating favorable settlements in accordance with the investigative and calculation methodology used by the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and accepted by courts.

FLSA Expert Witness Services Provided

Cutler Consulting provides the following FLSA expert witness and Fair Labor Standards Act litigation support services:

• FLSA Wage & Hour consulting and FLSA expert witness testimony at trial, regulatory hearing, or deposition;
• FLSA expert compensation related consulting, analysis and evaluation of all relevant documentation;
• Preliminary assessment of FLSA Wage & Hour related liability or damage claims;
• FLSA expert analysis and evaluation of any opposing FLSA expert witness or expert witness reports;
• Preparation of financial and economic damage estimates for FLSA related settlement or mediation;
• FLSA expert organization of applicable complex Wage & Hour regulations, exemptions, related compensation and regulatory data for use by counsel or other FLSA expert witnesses;
• FLSA expert preparation of FLSA Wage & Hour related questions for discovery, deposition, or trial;
• FLSA expert consultation to assess in formulating a strategic role in the application and preparation of related economic or statistical testimony;
• Preparation of comprehensive and detailed fully documented FLSA expert witness reports.

Cutler Consulting Services FLSA expert witness services can range from an informal assessment of theories and statistical patterns to related investigative activities, the preparation of reports, and in providing FLSA Wage and Hour expert witness testimony. Cutler Consulting Services can provide critical assistance in FLSA  related discovery and can be particularly helpful in assisting in  back wage settlement negotiations, even when FLSA expert witness testimony is not required.

As an “FLSA Expert,” I possess United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Compliance Specialist (Investigator) training and experience and professional Human Resource Senior Compensation Analyst training and experience. I am qualified and able to analyze and determine in FLSA related litigation if FLSA related compensation plans created by employers are reliable or deeply flawed. For example, as a former professional Human Resource Senior Compensation Analyst I am particularly able to analyze and determine if pay plan methodologies used by employers are reliable or flawed when determining if an employee is classified as exempt from certain wage provisions of the FLSA or if an employer has used correct compensation methodologies when formulating a company's FLSA compliance compensation plan.

My unique combination of Wage and Hour Division Compliance Specialist (Investigator) training and experience in the government sector and professional Human Resource Senior Compensation Analyst training and experience in the private sector results in my combined skill sets that I alone possess and results in my ability to provide unequaled Fair Labor Standards Act expert related services.