Loopholes in the overtime pay law allow employers to have some employees work longer than 40 hours a week, without compensating them for it. These employees are typically white-collar employees in management or administrative positions. They must earn a minimum of $455 per week, on a salary basis, in order to qualify for that exemption. This means that someone earning as little as $24,000 per year can be legally exempt from overtime pay. For a family of four, that’s at the federal poverty line.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 21:17:51 +0000
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