Exempt Vs. Nonexempt Employees: What’s The Difference?

If you’re looking to hire a new employee, you’ve probably run into exempt and nonexempt terminology. These are ...
JD Supra

Reclassifying Employees to Non-Exempt Status? Consider a “Percentage Bonus” to Avoid Costly Overtime Pay Mistakes

Many employers are planning to reclassify employees to non-exempt status now that the Labor Department is significantly raising the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime pay. You ...
JD Supra

DOL Opinion Letter Confirms Exempt Employees Can Perform Some Non-Exempt Work for Hourly Wages Without Automatically Losing Exempt Status

On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL) released an opinion letter confirming an important point for employers: ...
The Business Journals

The hidden cost of misclassification: Exempt vs. non-exempt missteps and resulting liability for employers

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. It sounds simple: classify workers as exempt or non-exempt ...
University of Texas at San Antonio

4.12 Overtime for Non-Exempt Employees

It is the practice of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to ensure that Non-Exempt Employees are scheduled in such a way that does not require them to work in excess of 40 hours during a ...
The Monterey County Herald

Marco Lucido, Workplace Law: Is a high salary enough to classify an employee as ‘exempt’ in California?

Question: I’m going to hire a new employee soon. I want this person to be exempt from the normal overtime and meal and rest period rules. Can I make this person exempt by paying them a higher salary?
NH Business Review

To exempt or non-exempt?

For various business reasons, an employer may determine that it needs to move a full-time employee to part-time status. Before an employer makes such a determination, it should pause and carefully ...