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Exempt Employees
Posted by Katrina Engell on Feb. 9, 2023 / Subscribe 1
Can anyone share what their policy is for exempt eligible employees? I want to be able to provide guidelines for exempt employees when they are hired/promoted. In addition to not requiring them to clock in/out or receive OT pay, do you require them to use PTO time when they leave early, do your exempt employees take 30 min or hour lunches etc.?
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Lisa Pimpinella
Feb. 9, 2023
I think the answer depends on how you set up your internal definition and process. These mechanics should be defined in an operating policy. Here is what I use: Employees classified as exempt do not receive overtime pay; they generally receive the same weekly salary regardless of hours worked. Such salary may be paid less frequently than weekly. The employee will be informed of these classifications upon hire and informed of any subsequent changes to the classifications. Exempt employees are required to record their daily work attendance and report full days of absence from work for reasons such as leaves of absence, sick leave or personal business. We use a 30 minute lunch period for exempt employees. If they do not work at least 8 hours a day, we do require them to use PTO unless they work on a different day in the same week to make up that time. We expect exempt employees to work, of course, at least 40 hours a week, and up to the extra amount per week as workload dictates. I know of companies that would not require PTO to be used and are more flexible in that employees might work 35 hours one week or 45 hours another. In my experience, when your situation is too loose, you can have other issues.
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