All Questions and Answers about Overtime

Can my employer track "comp time"?
It has been a past policy for my employer to keep track of "comp time" rather than pay overtime for its salaried employees. Comp time was also banked as single hour instead of time and a half. It was ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 29, 2011 10:15 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

what laws guide overtime pay
where can laws be found on labor?
1 answer  |  asked Jun 15, 2011 11:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Is refusing overtime allowed?
Upon my hiring I revealed that I required about 20 or so weekends off per year for personal reasons. He said that was fine(without putting it in writing unfortunately) as long as the hours were made u...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 11, 2011 3:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

salaried but paid hourly?
I am a manager at a call center with 5-10 employees underneath me. My employer classifies me as salaried non exempt on my pay stub. I am required to work 40 hours a week, and 2 extra Saturdays each mo...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 23, 2011 5:56 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can my employer tell you an hour before your shift is over that there is manditory overtime?
On a regular basis we finish our work at least and hour before our scheduled quiting time. They make us leave so they save money but on certain days they'll walk around an hour before quiting time and...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 20, 2010 4:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What is the max amt of hours your employer can mandate you to stay over and work? You have already w
I work in a hospital setting and due to fluctuations in staffing and patient census, we are occasionally mandated to work over past our regularly scheduled time out. We would like to know the maximum ...
2 answers  |  asked Oct 9, 2010 4:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What make me a salary employee ?
I work for a company and they pay me a salary and I don't get overtime . I questioned the about it and they got me buss. cards saying i was a supervisor and said they didn't have to pay it. But i am j...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 6, 2010 9:25 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What make me a salary enployee ?
I work for a company and they pay me a salary and I don't get overtime . I questioned the about it and they got me buss. cards saying i was a supervisor and said they didn't have to pay it. But i am j...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 6, 2010 9:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

can an employer demad an exept employe o wrk 150 hours in 10 days
as a salaried computer programmer was told today 2 das before vacation that I woul be required twrk 150 in next three weeks. Then reminded them of the vacation time about to start that they had forgot...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 24, 2010 6:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

I am forced to work past my quitting time no overtime paid
Our work schedule is 7:45 am to 4:15 pm, but we have to put on our smock,hair net,wash our hands etc,( food packing Co.) after this ( 3 to 5 min) we have to clock in around 7:33 to 7:37 and rush to th...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 26, 2010 7:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

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