Overtime pay

[marbol]

What is the name of your state? TX

What is the law regarding overtime pay.

If someone is a salaried employee of a company, doing computer programming. (NOT data entry or IT work). And is not degreed, nor has a professional license, etc.
They do not have staff reporting them, they do not make decisions regarding their work, and they do not work in an office or other professional setting.

Is paying them salary, and "claiming" they are exempt, obsolve the company from paying overtime when the overtime is mandatory and involves at times working a total of 80 to 90 hours a week for 5 months straight?

What if they send emails that tell employees that work overtime may request "comp" time at a later date? and that "later date" never comes until they are terminated?

Is there any basis in that regard for overtime claims much like the "Blockbuster" claims in Dallas? - Also, are there minimum or maximum salary levels before these overtime claims are not valid?

Thank you

 

[racer72]

Contact your state Department of Labor. Generally, there is no limit to the number of hours an "exempt" employee can be assigned to work. You have the option of seeking other employment.

 

[pattytx]

http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/fs17e_computer.htm

If you don't qualify as exempt under these criteria, the fact that they are paying you salary is irrelevant. Note that the exemption provides that such employees under this classification may be paid an hourly rate, but a salary is fine too.