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Chief
Historically — you pay someone 40 hours to work 41+ for the same price. The company (and shareholders) win.
Your FLSA classification is determined by several factors, including your level of expertise, independent decision making, and education required.
This. Federal regulations.
Rising Star
There are historical reasons. It’s really cultural more than anything else. Your idea that legally salaries are “supposed to be”for management is incorrect.
Chief
What law is that?
No such law that I am aware of
Rising Star
What law are you talking about?
Chief
Probably began as a form of risk sharing. I still get paid for “40 hours of work” even if I work less but also I still work more than 40 hours if needed, but the company only pays me for 40.
Rising Star
Apparently the term I was looking for was "exempt". "Professional" jobs that require a lot of expertise and training count as exempt. Thanks for your answers.
Not really federal regulations, but more like federal loopholes
Thanks for raising this conversation. I have always felt this should be raised more on a national level to push change. How can it be in such a modern society that there is no regulation to cap the hours salaried exempt employees are expected to work. In europe for example (not citing lucky France) but other countries the contracts have a cap. On the hours expected and if overtime is expected it is limited to occasional occurrences as needed. This may be controversial to say but my european friends have jokingly called it modern day slavery… thinking about it ahould outrage anyone and scream for change!