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    Default Re: Exempt Position and Working Hours

    Exempt status has nothing whatsoever to do with working hours. There is no law anywhere that says you don't have to work if you don't want to. Both exempt and non-exempt employees MUST work the hours their employers' want them to work - the only difference is that a non-exempt employee get paid overtime if they work over 40 hours in a week (the 8 hours in a day applies in only 3 states - yours is not among the three states) whereas an exempt employee does not. However, an exempt employee also gets paid for the full work week if they work any part of the week (certain exceptions apply) whereas a non-exempt employee does not. There is NO "unspoken rule" that an exempt employee is supposed to get bonuses. They MAY get bonuses but there's no legal requirement for it.

    They most certainly can require that you work late, fire you if you don't, and you will not have any grounds for a lawsuit. It is QUITE common and very, very legal for an exempt employee to work 50, 60, 70 or even more hours a week on a regular basis.

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    Default Re: Exempt Position and Working Hours

    Thank you guys for the really quick responses. I am just curious, why are exempt positions even agreed upon in this case, like why are salaried jobs so common if they can basically enslave you. Seems pretty odd that there is no law preventing salaried position from being overworked without the approval of the employee.

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    Default Re: Exempt Position and Working Hours

    why do people do it? Because they want the job and are willing to accept those terms. It's as simple as that.


    And yes, a lot of exempt employees get taken Advantage of.

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    Default Re: Exempt Position and Working Hours

    Not all salaried jobs are exempt; not all exempt jobs are salaried.

    Exempt employees are not paid on the basis of the hours they work, something that seems to escape far too many of them. Exempt employees are exempt from one thing and one thing only - that is overtime pay. They are not exempt from any employer policies, not even the ones on work hours.

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    Default Re: Exempt Position and Working Hours

    "Exempt" is not defined by the employer or the employee, it's defined by federal and state law.

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