ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area "free hours" and the law

Salaried versus hourly pay has nothing to do with it.
Labor laws deal with exempt (from overtime) and non-exempt.

A simplified explanation is: to be exempt, you must be able to set your own work hours. If you are not free to come and go as you please, you are probably non-exempt and are due OT even if you are salaried.