Asked on Oct 07th, 2012 on Business Law - California
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Working for my company I am expected to work 5 days at 12 hours each day. I am on salary and my company wants me to work both days on the weekend without compensation to equal 7 days a week. Being on salary, do I have any rights of compensation for those day or am I stuck in my situation.
The answer to this question depends on your "classification" (the legal term of art) and whether you are properly classified as an "exempt" (i.e., not subject to the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act) employee. The fact that your employer chooses to pay you a fixed salary does not dispose of the issue of whether you are exempt or non-exempt; rather, what matters is your duties. It is not possible to tell from your inquiry the nature of your duties and whether you fall into one of the applicable exemptions. Assuming you are, in fact, exempt, then you are paid by the job and not by the hour, and your negotiated salary covers all hours necessary to perform your tasks as determined by your employer.
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