Non-Exempt Employee Wants Extra Work
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Please forgive me if this question has been previously asked/answered.
I have a non-exempt employee who would like the opportunity to take on a temporary-in-nature special project that would require work outside of her regularly schedule 40-hour workweek. In the past these types of projects have been awarded to exempt employees who were paid in a lump-sum fee arrangement for taking on the short-term special project in addition to their normal work. I vaguely remember (I thought) hearing some lawyer, in some training, and in answer to someone else’s question, state that as long as the duties of the positions are clearly separate and distinct, a single employee could, theoretically, be concurrently both a non-exempt during the day and then take on a clearly exempt position on a limited/temporary basis in the evenings/weekends to pick up additional income without jeopardizing his/her daytime exempt status. My vague recollection is being met with skepticism and some good-natured ridicule here at work. Any chance you could weigh in on the issue.
I have a non-exempt employee who would like the opportunity to take on a temporary-in-nature special project that would require work outside of her regularly schedule 40-hour workweek. In the past these types of projects have been awarded to exempt employees who were paid in a lump-sum fee arrangement for taking on the short-term special project in addition to their normal work. I vaguely remember (I thought) hearing some lawyer, in some training, and in answer to someone else’s question, state that as long as the duties of the positions are clearly separate and distinct, a single employee could, theoretically, be concurrently both a non-exempt during the day and then take on a clearly exempt position on a limited/temporary basis in the evenings/weekends to pick up additional income without jeopardizing his/her daytime exempt status. My vague recollection is being met with skepticism and some good-natured ridicule here at work. Any chance you could weigh in on the issue.
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XX number of hours and was only paid XX dollars and it was not a sufficient amouunt to cover hours over 40 (for each week) then you would be subject to that knock on your door. Hello, I'm from the Dept. of Labor and I'm here to help you!!