Im a salary worker, dont get paid overtime?
More information is needed. Your wages being salary alone does NOT take away the employers legal responsibility to pay overtime. If you are a “non-exempt” emplyee you must be paid overtime. Many employers improperly classify workers either because they don’t understand the law or to avoid paying overtime. Overtime Eligibility and Pay Who is Eligible for Overtime Effective August 23, 2004 the following changes to overtime regulations took effect. Under the FairPay rules, workers earning less than $23,660 per year ($455 per week) are guaranteed overtime protection. The rules also have overtime exemption for “highly compensated” employees who customarily and regularly perform any one or more of the exempt duties or responsibilities of an executive, administrative, or professional employee. The limit is $100,000. The rules state that police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and other so-called “first responders” are entitled to overtime pay. Overtime Pay According to the Department of La
