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I keep my staff at under 40 hours a week - for their own sake.
I know others that completely abuse their employees.
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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.
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My employer is very fair in what qualifies as OT. Anything over 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, or outside of your regular shift hours is OT.
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In the past a huge number of stores have required "associates" to work off the clock stocking shelves, etc.
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3d wrote:
My employee manual specifically states my hours are 9-5:30 (42.5 hour week) It's a salaried position. No mention of overtime. 
Are you required to work through lunch with no break? That's probably illegal.
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3d wrote:
My employee manual specifically states my hours are 9-5:30 (42.5 hour week) It's a salaried position. No mention of overtime.
My father was officially scheduled from 8 to 5 as a salaried employee, that included an hour lunch break. Your employee manual probably specifies that a lunch break is included in that 9 to 5:30 period. If it was classified hourly position, if you were required to stay on the premises, then they have to pay you for your meal break. I think the rule is the same for salaried, non-hourly workers, but have not read up on that recently.
