Question: Can a nonexempt employee be paid a salary? Answered by the HR Experts: Yes, a nonexempt employee can be paid on a salary basis rather than by the hour. However, this classification can be tricky in practice. It means that the employee is paid a set salary...
Exempt
Can I track hours worked by exempt employees?
Question: Can I track hours worked by exempt employees? Answered by the HR Experts: You can, but we generally recommend not tracking unless you’ve got a legitimate business reason for doing so. Most exempt employees don’t expect to have to track their hours and will...
Federal: DOL’s 2024 Exempt Salary Rule Thrown Out
On November 15, 2024, a federal court in Texas ruled that the Department of Labor had overstepped its authority with the most recent rule increasing the minimum salary for exempt employees. The July 1 increases are void, the additional increase that would have taken...

