05-06-2015, 03:28 AM
cbelt3 wrote:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/presmemo.htm
Dayum. Having once worked as an 'hourly' professional employee (consultant), the pressure to keep 'overtime down' was impressive. If I fall under the amount, I'll become salaried non-exempt. Which means... clocking in and out (crap)... and also pressure to maintain a level of productivity in 40 hours when I consistently work 50-60 per week.
This will be interesting.
I suspect this overtime rules change proposal is not even close to applying to you. If your salary is at least $500-600 a week, even working 50-60 hours is going to keep you well over the current minimum wage.
This proposal is more addressed to preventing the abuse of overtime rules by many companies that classify low paid employees as exempt instead of hourly and then expect them to work many hours for the same total rate of pay. As an example, there was a store chain in this area that was cited by both state and federal labor officials for reclassifying store clerks as "assistant managers" and then paying an amount that turned out to be less than minimum wage when spread over the 50-60 hours per week they were then expected to work.