If I put an employee on salary, are they exempt from overtime?

Q&As

• What would be the advantage of changing a nonexempt employee from an hourly rate to a monthly salary?
• If an employee works back-to-back consecutive shifts, does he need to be paid overtime for the second shift?
• Can I classify an employee who works only part-time as exempt?
• Must I treat a nondiscretionary bonus based on performance standards as part of the regular rate of pay and possible payment of overtime?
• How do I correct underpaying an exempt employee their required minimum salary?
• May we deduct from an exempt employee's salary when they have no paid time off accrued and take off a partial day for illness or vacation?
• May I make deductions from an exempt employee's salary?
• If my employee earns more than $100,000 per year, are they exempt from overtime?
• Can my employees accrue compensatory time off (comp time) instead of being paid overtime?
• What does it mean to be exempt?
• I would like to know if our exempt employees are required to take a meal break in the same manner as hourly/nonexempt employees?
• Can exempt employees be required to work specific hours?
• Can we furlough employees for only a day or two per week?
• Does a holiday count as a day worked when calculating overtime pay?
• An hourly, non-exempt employee whose duties may make him eligible to be classified as an exempt administrative employee, is demanding to be classified as exempt. Are we required to change his classification?
• Are intrastate truck drivers exempt from overtime?
• May nonexempt employees volunteer for extra hours without pay?
• How is overtime calculated for an employee paid two different hourly rates?
• Do I pay my employees based on overtime worked in one day or in one week?
• Can I pay outside salespeople a salary instead of a commission and follow the minimum salary rules for exempt employees?
• Must I pay overtime on hours an employee is paid for time off such as vacations, holidays and sick time?
• Am I required to pay for travel time, and if so can I pay it at a lower rate?
• What are the requirements for the computer professional exemption?
• What are the requirements for a salesperson to be exempt?
• Is the value of gift cards (given as a holiday gift) part of my employees’ compensation that needs to be considered when calculating overtime?