Working additional hours and being a salaried employee?
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Working additional hours and being a salaried employee?
I recently accepted a new position and was told that after some time I would be taking on new responsibilities as well as working the occasional Saturday and week night but by then I would be
a salaried employee because there’s no overtime. Starting hourly rate 14. I read online that if you make under a certain amount as a salaried employee that you do qualify for overtime pay. Is that true?
Asked on January 9, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
That is correct: you can find the current precise amount on the U.S. Dept. Of Labor website, but it is roughly $23,600 per year. If you earn less than that threshhold, you must receive overtime when you work more than 40 hours in a week, even if salaried. Even if you earn more than the threshhold, you may be entitled to overtime: to be exempt from overtime, you must earn enough AND your job duties or responsibility must meet one or more of the "tests" or criteria for exemption. You can find these, too, on the DOL website; the main ones for most purposes are the learned professional, computer professional, administrativr, and executive tests.
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