What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Los Angeles, California
To work around the new Federal law, the company has reclassified most of us as "non-exempt". We were salaried employees with an annual wage. What they did was give us a very low hourly wage, with X hours of "guaranteed overtime" each day, such that they have a buffer and our annual wage stays the same. Is this legal?
Extra info: it is not in the contract but we are supposed to get all the benefits of a typical full time employee such a sick time, vacation time, etc.
I'm asking more out of curiosity as I haven't heard of this being done before.
To work around the new Federal law, the company has reclassified most of us as "non-exempt". We were salaried employees with an annual wage. What they did was give us a very low hourly wage, with X hours of "guaranteed overtime" each day, such that they have a buffer and our annual wage stays the same. Is this legal?
Extra info: it is not in the contract but we are supposed to get all the benefits of a typical full time employee such a sick time, vacation time, etc.
I'm asking more out of curiosity as I haven't heard of this being done before.