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Subject:RE: Exempt status for Tech Writers From:"Keith Hansen" <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> To:"TechWriter" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:06:59 -0600
Gene wrote: <<The writer bringing this lawsuit claims that she was hired
as an exempt, but was judged by how many hours she worked...>>
Gene, does this mean that exempt employees cannot (under the law) be
judged by how many hours they work? Or required to work an exact number
of hours?
I've heard stories where employees were on salary, but they were then
treated like hourly employees (e.g., manager stands with stopwatch
trying to clock and direct every minute).
This also brings to mind a manager I encountered a long time (and
several jobs) ago. He declared, "You are salaried employees. That means
you have to work as many hours as I tell you, but I don't have to pay
you a dime past 40 hours." He then declared what an honor it was for
employees to be on salary. Given that honor, they wouldn't care how long
they worked (or how much they got paid)! He thought he'd come up with a
clever way to get two jobs for the price of one...
Keith
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