Get your Human Resources Dept. involved. They should know exactly what the rules/laws are, and should have the authority to squash any opposition you are getting.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Sean Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was curious as to what everyone does here (or your company does) in > regards to IT staff and salaries. I'm not management, but when it comes to > anything IT related I'm the go to guy. I know there is a lot of gray area > in regards to how salary and overtime works especially in relation to IT > work. > > From what I can tell according to the department of labor unless your > primary job is a systems developer, analyst, programmer, etc your employer > is required to pay you overtime unless you are management. We have IT > Technicians who are salary, but they are going to have to start working > overtime soon. I believe the company is required to pay them overtime, but > I'm meeting some strong opposition on this. I've read even if there is an > agreement between the employee and employer, or the salary is based on 50 > hours, these types of agreements are restricted by the department of labor. > > Anyone have any thoughts, or even better, experience with such things? > > Thanks! > > Sean Houston > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
