I am trying to find legal information regarding the rights of salaried employees.?

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It is not for myself but a friend I am concerned about is salaried and forced to work 12 hour days 5 days a week and then 10 hour days every other Saturday. Also was recently told by the boss that it was highly discouraged to go out for lunch and should therefore bring lunch to work and eat in the office. They failed to mention upon hiring that the job would be every other Saturday and also hid the long hours until after the paperwork was signed. This job was an in company (but different office) transfer and they refuse allowing a transfer back despite the unethical behavior upon hiring. Paperwork read to the effect of, employee works 40 hour work week, occasionally longer hours may be required. But this isn't occasional...it is daily. What rights does this person have as a salaried employee?

AveGirl

None, there are not laws on the limit of hours a person can work. There are not really ANY laws protecting employees in any way.

The only law supposedly protecting us is that we must be paid overtime pay...and that is only on hourly salaries. Also, we have a right to work. Meaning we can either work or not, and the employer can either fire us or not. Both at their whim. Big deal.

Other than that we have nothing. Some states do not even require the employers to give an employee break times or lunch times.

butter1944fly

The Fair Labor Standards Acts is very specific in describing salaried positions. Your friend should check out this web site to determine if the position is legally classified as a salaried position. This is not an arbitrary designation. The law was written to protect regular employees.
Check this web site.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/fs17c_administrative.htm

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leysarob

If your friend is exempt from overtime (salary is simply a payment method) based on the legal description set up by the feds then they can work your friend 24/7.

just hanging around

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