Beware misclassifying COVID teleworkers.

The COVID-inspired migration to remote work has triggered some wage-and-hour compliance problems. One big trap: You could run into exempt/nonexempt misclassification trouble if you have supervisors working at home.

The Fair Labor Standards Act recognizes that exempt employees must work as long as necessary to get the job done, without earning overtime pay. But in today's remote environment, it's possible that exempt employees' job duties have changed considerably.

For example, a manager classified as exempt under the executive exemption must "customarily and regularly direct the work of at least two or more other full-time employees or their equivalent." However, that manager working at...