Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Overtime exemptions for software professionals

The California labor code section (515) dealing with overtime exemptions for software professionals is really confusing. It seems to say that a highly skilled, salaried programmer who makes, say, $75,000 a year would still be eligible for overtime, but I have trouble believing this could possibly be true. Is it?


Asked on 9/14/03, 6:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Thomas Pavone Pavone & Cohen

Re: Overtime exemptions for software professionals

Yes. A computer professional must earn at least $43.58 per hour to be exempt from overtime under California law. Federal law provides a lower hourly rate of $27.63.

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Answered on 9/26/03, 8:33 pm


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