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Originally posted by svandamme
eeh , why don't you? what does excempt mean when it comes to overtime?
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"Exempt" means that salaried people are exempt from the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA sets requirements like break times, hours per day that can be worked, overtime pay, pay on weekends, etc. It really only applies to hourly workers. Salaried people are at the mercy of management, to a great extent. There is flexibility, but I would hazard a guess that many (most?) Americans are working more than 40 hours a week and not getting paid for the extra time. I know I don't. It's "expected".