If exempt, salaried employees are not eligible for over time, is it legal “hypothetically” to be required to work 24hrs / 7days per week? Or is there a law or regulation that prohibits that kind of abuse from employers?
Salaried employees are paid for the job, not for the hours worked. Furthermore, only certain jobs are eligible for salary exempt status. So the answer is that there is no hours requirement in a salaried position. For example, if you are paid a salary of $2000 per week, this means you get paid that salary whether you finish your work in 10 hours, or whether it takes you 70 hours. If your employer requires you to be at your job for a set number of hours, you don’t qualify for salary exempt status.
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