Think you have a sub-par worker who is not stacking up to others on the team? Wish you could pay that person less than your other staff members, who receive minimum wage? While pay-for-performance trends are picking up in the healthcare industry, they do not apply to most jobs in the United States.

To be on the safe side, employers should pay their employees minimum wage for all of their time and attendance unless there are specific reasons not to. The Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act guarantees all covered workers at least $7.25 per hour, and it regularly audits compliance within companies.

However, there are certain circumstances in which companies are allowed to bypass these rules, such as:

1. When employees are also paid primarily in tips - and that gratuity surpasses $30 per month on a regular basis, companies can pay individuals $2.13 per hour for their employee attendance. However, employers must remember they're liable to make up the difference is employees' hourly wages plus tips fall short of minimum wage.

2. When staff members are also vocational education students (student-learners)

3. When workers are impaired by a mental or physical disability that impacts their capacity for production or earnings - employers can obtain a certification that gives them permission to pay special minimum wages.

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