Sorry, you’re not entitled to overtime pay just yet
I work for a hotel and when we got raises, mine was based only on my salary, not yearly earnings. My salary is now $33,000 a year — am I entitled to receive overtime pay with the new OT law?
If the new law was actually law then, yes, you would. But a judge ordered a temporary injunction. If the law is passed, then anyone earning below $47,476 in base salary in New York would be entitled to OT pay. Regarding annual raises, it is common practice to apply annual percentage increase to base pay only, not total compensation.
I was recently hired by a close friend to serve as marketing director for a nonprofit theater company. But my boss won’t let me send so much as an e-mail without micromanaging every comma. I do not want to lose a friend, but I don’t feel like a director. How do I speak to her, or the board, without burning bridges?
If you speak to the board instead of your friend you will burn more than bridges, baby — you’ll create a scene straight out of a Hollywood disaster flick! Picture this instead: Two besties at Sunday brunch. You tell her that the only thing that dwarfs your love of the arts is your love of your friendship — and you fear the gig is getting in the way. You talk it over, cry, hug, clink glasses and resolve the tension. Break a leg!