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What employees are exempt from hourly pay provisions of the FLSA?

Many employers want to treat their employees as salary employees instead of hourly employees. There are big potential problems if you do this with an employee that is not exempt from the minimum wage rules of the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act). Note that certain states have wage and hour rules that are more stringent than the federal laws. Check out this link below to learn more about the federal laws…

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/screen75.asp

Fact sheets are available for more specific information about each exemption. They can be found here…

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay