Legal Question in Employment Law in Louisiana

If you are salaried, yes. A salaried employee, also called an "exempt" employee, is exempt from the wage rules which state that employees must be paid overtime wages of at least 1 1/2 times their hourly wage for anything over 40 hours a week. Under federal law, exempt employees are paid the same amount "regardless of the quantity or quality of their work". That means that you do not have to be paid overtime, but it also means that you cannot be docked if you work less than 40 hours per week. If your employer docks your pay for working less, coming in late, etc., then you are hourly (non-exempt) and not salaried (exempt). Some employers tell employees that they are "salaried" and don't pay overtime wages, while still docking those employees for being late or working less than 40 hours a week. They can't do that and have it both ways. If your employer is doing that, he is breaking the law.