Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

Re: Salaried Employees Hours

Yes.

I was just going to leave it at that. But lawyers love to sprout knowledge. As long as your job fits within the exemptions provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the corrollary state laws then you can be classified as an "exempt" employee for the purposes of over-time compensation rules. These exemptions, broadly, are allowed for highly compensated persons (though you'd be amazed at how low the definition of highly compensated goes), professional personnel who exercise discretion about how to conduct their work, and supervisory and managerial employees. Anyone can bring a claim against the employer, through an agnecy, to show that a position is not exempt but the burden is on the employee to demonstrate that a position in non-exempt.

This is a highly litigated area of law and many employers face this issue again and again. Go ahead and Google "walmart exempt employee" and read some of the stories.

Hope this helped.

Regards,

Roger Traversa

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PS - Should you need an attorney at any point please feel free to contact me. Referrals are appreciated. RJT.