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RE: [PLUG] OT: salary related question
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Title: RE: [PLUG] OT: salary related question
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul wrote:
> From what I've read, unless employees perform
> management-type duties,
> they are entitled to overtime compensation, even if they are
> on salary.
> And it doesn't depend on title; it depends on the actual duties
> performed. So, just as multiplied hourly pay is the
> anticipated yearly
> pay for an hourly employee, anual salary is the anticipated
> yearly pay
> for a salaried employee. It might depend on the state that
> you live in,
> but I read that the government will enforce overtime
> compensation, even
> in the form of back pay, if the employee bothers to make a
> claim. And
> that claim is based on the anual salary divided to determine the
> equivelent hourly pay.
>
> I think one of the differences is that hourly people tend to get
> compensated with overtime pay, while salaried employees tend
> to get comp
> time. I'd rather have comp time, but it's almost a rip off because
> working an extra two days doesn't by you three days off.
> Still, time is
> more valueable than a little bit of money, unless your really
> short on cash.
>
> There may be a difference as far as bonuses go too. (The
> only bonuses
> I've ever gotten were only enough to buy dinner for two at
> Burger King,
> *if* the coupons hadn't expired.)
This isn't exactly true. Anyone who is paid hourly and makes more than 27.45/ hour is not necessarily entitled to overtime pay.
In all reality hourly pay is not such a bad deal. Anyone in a salaried "professional" position is also not entitled to overtime. My schedule currently demands a minimum of 50 hrs per week with no overtime.
Although you may not always be entitled to time and a half, hourly employees must always be paid for every hour that they work. Also, if they work more than (I believe the number is) 35 hours per week, they must be offered access to a benefits plan.
Bonuses are just that in either case- subject to whim and, more so, negotiation.
From your friendly neighborhood technical recruiter.
Regards,
Dave Jeyes
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