Exempt Employee wants part-time shift work
KCHR
38 Posts
We have an exempt employee asking if she can pick up shift work that is hourly and different than her normal duties on the weekends. Would this work have to be paid at overtime rates?
Comments
Can we do this? How would we pay him for this?
I had an HR Manager tell me this morning that she would arrange a set hourly wage for Saurday work separate from the employee's normal salary. He could then be paid his exempt wage for his supervisory duties on M-F and paid a different wage for his non exempt position on Saturday. Somehow, I can't get comfortable with that. Anyone else want to give HR and I some advice...
Kendall L. Waldock, Jr., J.D., CSP
Diversified Professional Staffing
w: (888) 350-2001, c: (816) 918-7334
Placing Profesionals for over 30 years!
1. A person can work two different jobs at two different rates. If the combined time goes over 40 hours in a workweek (workweek is a seven day period defined by the employer) then overtime must be paid for nonexempt employees. The rate of overtime can either be on the wage that the employee was working when he/she worked the overtime or it can be the other rate. This must be agreed upon before hand by the employer and the employee.
2. See my first post for distinguishing between exempt and nonexempt for the cases brought into question here.