Some employers make the mistake of assuming that simply because an employee is paid a salary, or is called “salaried” or “exempt”, or has a high-ranking job title, the employee will be considered exempt from overtime pay. Few things could be further from the truth. Many non-exempt employees are paid a salary, such as receptionists, secretaries, file clerks, and technicians. In a similar vein, giving an employee a high-sounding job title such as “director of production” or “sales manager” will make no difference, if the employee’s job duties do not satisfy the criteria found in the Department of Labor’s “duties” test for an exemption category. In short, the overtime pay laws look to the employee’s job duties and not the job title or job description.
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