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#193281 - 03/24/10 08:41 PM Re: "free hours" and the law [Re: gfretwell]
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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.

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#193284 - 03/24/10 09:44 PM Re: "free hours" and the law [Re: JBD]
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being able to set your own hours is not part of the standards required by FLSA to qualify as exempt.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17a_overview.pdf

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#193288 - 03/25/10 07:19 AM Re: "free hours" and the law [Re: Rewire]
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I said it was a simplified explanation, but you are correct it was too simplified.

In the cited source,.
Administrative employees must,include the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.

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