Exempt employees Part time salary
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Exempt employees Part time salary
Hi,
I have a question, knowing that there are certain salary requirements for exempt employees, how does that work for part time? Our case example is hiring a part time employee and pay salary of 6000 yearly. Can the company do that?
Asked on July 12, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Salary is simply how you pay someone--i.e. a yearly amount pro rated or broken down into even weekly installments, without regard to actual number of hours worked. (Important:if you pay based on hours worked, it is not a salary). A part-time person can be paid a salary instead of an hourly wage.
Note:
1) The salary must however work out to be at least equivalent to minimum wage, once uo divide weekly salary by weekly hours worked. Regardless of how paid, everyone must earn at least the equivalent of minimum wage.
2) Because the salary proposed is so low, the person will not be exempt from overtime; IF they do ever work more than 40 hours in a week, they'd get overtime.
3) If the person workes fewer hours (e.g. comes in late, leaves early, etc.) they still get their weekly salary--you do not adjust pay by hours.
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