{"id":650,"date":"2020-03-23T04:05:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T04:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arinjames.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=650"},"modified":"2020-04-01T01:33:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T01:33:39","slug":"misclassification-as-salaried-employee","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/arinjames.com\/practice-area\/misclassification-as-salaried-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Misclassification as Salaried Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Certain employees are not entitled to receive overtime pay and meal and rest break.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These employees are commonly referred to as \u201cexempt.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In order to qualify as an \u201cexempt\u201d employee, generally, the employee must meet the test for exempt status under federal and state laws.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Because exempt employees are not entitled to the same rights as non-exempt (or hourly) employees, it is important to ensure that employers are correctly and properly classifying exempt employees as exempt.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For example, exemptions apply to managerial, administrative, and professional employees, outside salespersons, and various other types of employees.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Each of these categories of employees require a careful analysis.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, \u201cexempt\u201d employees must be paid a salary that is at least double the minimum wage based on a 40-hour workweek schedule.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you are being paid a salary as an exempt employee, we strongly encourage you to seek advice from an experienced labor and employment attorney to evaluate whether you are properly classified.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Being misclassified means that you could be owed significant compensation in the form of unpaid overtime, unpaid meal and rest break penalties, and other penalties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain employees are not entitled to receive overtime pay and meal and rest break.\u00a0 These employees are commonly referred to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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