New labor rule mandates time-and-a-half overtime pay for lower-paid salaried employees

Should a low-salaried employee who does not make hiring, firing, or business decisions be exempt from overtime?
 
My previous employer used to pay us straight time for hours over 45. I liked the policy for those weeks where I was putting in 50 to 55 hours on special projects.
 
Boss 302 said:
Should a low-salaried employee who does not make hiring, firing, or business decisions be exempt from overtime?
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There are many positions that have historically been exempt from overtime, including certain sales, professional and creative jobs.

The real effect of this kind of legislation is that the employer will now likely limit the employee's hours and that will result in a reduction in pay.
 
We got "Comp Time" at big Red, but never on a one for one basis. You would typically get one hour for five extra hours worked. Overtime was a part of the job description.
 
Guard Dad said:
There are many positions that have historically been exempt from overtime, including certain sales, professional and creative jobs.

The real effect of this kind of legislation is that the employer will now likely limit the employee's hours and that will result in a reduction in pay.
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If the employee is salaried, why would the employer reduce his or her hours? That makes no sense at all. It would result in employees looking for other jobs, increasing employee turnover which can cost a boatload of money.
 
Boss 302 said:
If the employee is salaried, why would the employer reduce his or her hours? That makes no sense at all. It would result in employees looking for other jobs, increasing employee turnover which can cost a boatload of money.
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But now the employer would have to pay OT for over 40, where they didn't before. So they limit the employee's hours. That can also reduce employee tips and bonuses, performance pay, etc.

Can't tell you how many employees I've had over the years who wanted to work extra hours at regular time because they needed the money, and I had to explain to them that I couldn't legally do that.
 
Don't know if you guys watched The Men Who Built America series, but much of that could never had happened under today's excessive regulation.

We're in an economy right now where any decent employee can almost write their own ticket. We don't need additional regulation.
 
Guard Dad said:
But now the employer would have to pay OT for over 40, where they didn't before. So they limit the employee's hours. That can also reduce employee tips and bonuses, performance pay, etc.

Can't tell you how many employees I've had over the years who wanted to work extra hours at regular time because they needed the money, and I had to explain to them that I couldn't legally do that.
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If the employer doesn't want to pay OT, then they would limit the salaried employee to 40 hours, like employers who don't want to pay full-time hourly employees OT.

I've never known of any salaried employees receiving tips. Besides that, federal law prohibits employers from taking any tips away from employees.

Were your employees hourly or salaried?
 
Guard Dad said:
But now the employer would have to pay OT for over 40, where they didn't before. So they limit the employee's hours. That can also reduce employee tips and bonuses, performance pay, etc.

Can't tell you how many employees I've had over the years who wanted to work extra hours at regular time because they needed the money, and I had to explain to them that I couldn't legally do that.
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My employer stopped the OT pay when they put us on the bonus plan. Got a bonus the next year then went in bankruptcy for 8’years with no extra pay of any kind. It was a bummer.
 
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