Are Salaried “White Collar” Workers Who Make Below $684 Per Week Entitled to Overtime?
The federal overtime law, called the Fair Labor Standards Act, exempts employers from paying overtime wages to workers who are classified as “executive,” “administrative” or “professional” employees. These exemptions are colloquially called “white collar” exemptions. State overtime laws often have similar “white collar” exemptions. Applying these exemptions is far more nuanced than their moniker suggests. There are complex, multi-pronged legal tests…