Found this on Ohio's website that relates to their overtime laws. Some additional research will be required on your part: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4111.03
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Sean Houston <[email protected]>wrote: > I appreciate the feedback. You always realize the things that seem so > obvious that you forget to mention because you're trying to even wrap your > head around the situation. > > The company has brances in several states, but the main office & the IT > staff is located in Ohio. > > Our HR department / person... has not been to helpful when it comes to the > entire situation. > > I believe all of our IT department excluding our manager would be > considered non-exempt. The articles I've been through (about 20) are mostly > federal documents. They all state that unless you make over a certain wage > ($455 per week for Salary & $27.63 for Hourly) and work as the programmer, > analyst, developer, etc, which none of us are, we cannot be considered > Exempt. > > I figure we'll have to hire a lawyer or outside HR professional to just > answer our questions ;) > > I just wanted to say thank you in advance, I appreciate any feedback. > > Thanks again, > > Sean Houston > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Sherry Abercrombie > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/> ~
