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cbg, thanks for the response. i do not understand what the difference is between "exempt" and "non-exempt" employees. i do know that at the company i worked for these terms were used to differentiate between salaried "management" employees and hourly "non management" employees. however, there are employees in the company considered "exempt" and who are salaried but who do not actually supervise or make management decisions and consistently work more than 40 hours per week without OT. are there any particular characterisitics that would define the difference between exempt and non exempt employees? for example; my salaried exempt assistants were expected by upper management to consistently work overtime with out pay, if they did not comply they were counseled, written up for "failure to perform job responsibilites" and then ostracized/badgered to the point that they quit. i could also have been written up for not 'properly training and developing my staff'. my assistants did not make any final decisions regarding business direction nor were they required to hire, fire or train other employees. while they may have asked other employees for help with their assignments they were following the direction from myself and my supervisors. they were not ultimately responsible for independently creating the assignments and could not fire, write up, or in any way effect another employee for failure to follow their direction. in my opinion, they were employees who had been suckered into believing that their position was a promotion just because it was salaried.
cbg, thanks for the response. i do not understand what the difference is between "exempt" and "non-exempt" employees. i do know that at the company i worked for these terms were used to differentiate between salaried "management" employees and hourly "non management" employees. however, there are employees in the company considered "exempt" and who are salaried but who do not actually supervise or make management decisions and consistently work more than 40 hours per week without OT. are there any particular characterisitics that would define the difference between exempt and non exempt employees? for example; my salaried exempt assistants were expected by upper management to consistently work overtime with out pay, if they did not comply they were counseled, written up for "failure to perform job responsibilites" and then ostracized/badgered to the point that they quit. i could also have been written up for not 'properly training and developing my staff'. my assistants did not make any final decisions regarding business direction nor were they required to hire, fire or train other employees. while they may have asked other employees for help with their assignments they were following the direction from myself and my supervisors. they were not ultimately responsible for independently creating the assignments and could not fire, write up, or in any way effect another employee for failure to follow their direction. in my opinion, they were employees who had been suckered into believing that their position was a promotion just because it was salaried.