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You know the specifics of your situation so this could be completely off base, but my thought is, since you were salaried, the hourly regulations do not apply to you. You were hired at a salary which was calculated on 10 hour days, 4 days per week--a 40 hour week. Your overtime would kick in if you exceeded either the daily hours or the total weekly hours. Apparently, you've checked this out and this is wrong since you can "make the call" and receive the back payments, but I'm thinking the 8 hours then overtime would not apply to an employee in your situation.