Legal Question in Employment Law in Texas

Overtime for Sallaried Employees, Payment Schedule, and Disciplinary Action

This is a 3-part question:

a) is there overtime payment for salaried employees? and how does it work?

b) can hourly workers (customer service, web designers, graphic designers)

be paid once a month or do they need to be paid every 2 weeks?

c) Can disciplinary actions for excessive lateness, absenteeism, work

misconduct be: taking away vacation days?

thanks!


Asked on 4/15/04, 12:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Roger Evans Mathis & Donheiser

Re: Overtime for Sallaried Employees, Payment Schedule, and Disciplinary Action

1. Whether you are salaried or hourly, you may be entitled to overtime pay. If salaried, you derive your hourly wage by dividing your annual salary by 2080 and then apply time and one-half to any amount you work over 40 hours in a week, subject to some adjustments too complicated to go into here.

2. An employer should pay its hourly workers every two weeks or bi-monthly.

3. The individual company's written policy should address this issue.

Wage and hour and overtime issues can be complicated. If you have any further questions, you should address those to a lawyer experienced in the area of employment law.

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Answered on 4/15/04, 1:36 pm


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