Should an administrative assistant be hourly or salary wage?
Whether an administrative assistant is hourly (non exempt) or salaried (exempt) depends on how the job is classified according to the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act). An employer can classify any employee hourly (non exempt) with no restrictions, but in order to classify an employee as salaried (exempt) the job must meat the guidelines and rules for the specific exemption as laid out by the FLSA. The difference in hourly (non exempt) and salaried (exempt) is as follows: An hourly (non exempt) employee is not exempt from the FLSA which means that this employee is paid per every hour worked. It also means that if more than 40 hours are worked in any one week this employee must be paid overtime which is time and a half regular pay. A salaried (exempt) employee is paid for the job being done. That means that hours do not mean anything in the working of this employee. They are not paid on how many hours they work, but they are paid on whether or not the job they have been given to do is don
