1 Non-exempt employees must be paid at least the federal minimum wage. 2  Non-exempt employees must be paid overtime pay, if you work over 40 hours a week. 3  Non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1 and 1/2 times base pay for overtime.
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2007/01/hourly_wage_vs_-1
Employer changes worker's status to exempt (claiming social worker is professional) and forces worker to provide non-compensated work for anything over 40 hr.s/wk; including all after-hours work at night, on weekends, holidays.
http://www.justanswer.com/employment-law/558ex-degreed-social-worker-currently-non-exempt-hourly.html
We received some clear guidance last week with the first federal appellate decision directly addressing the overtime exempt status of social workers in Solis v. State of Washington DSHS (9th Cir. 2011) No. 10-35590.
http://www.caplaw.org/resources/PublicationDocuments/updatenewsletter/2012/CAPLAW_SocialWorkers_Summer2012.pdf
“Exempt” compared to “non-exempt” As a fast refresher: the FLSA (administered by the Department of Labor-DOL) is the federal law that requires employers to pay overtime compensation to employees who work more than 40 hours in a week.
http://www.caplaw.org/resources/PublicationDocuments/updatenewsletter/2012/CAPLAW_SocialWorkers_Summer2012.pdf
wallstreetesq. : In this situation, I do see a problem if their is only one exempt employee and the rest of the social workers are non exempt. In this situation, I do see a problem if their is only one exempt employee and the rest of the social workers are non exempt. Customer: Currently, all of us are non-exempt. They want to make us all exempt so that they don't have to compensate for work provided that is over 40 hrs. a week.
http://www.justanswer.com/employment-law/558ex-degreed-social-worker-currently-non-exempt-hourly.html
Non-exempt employees usually only work a set number of hours, but with overtime, can do well. Exempt employees have less protection by Federal law against employer abuse. If an exempt employee is given tasks that take 70 hours/week to complete, they can either do the work, or quit. There is no overtime.
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2007/01/hourly_wage_vs_-1
1 Non-exempt employees must be paid overtime pay, if you work over 40 hours a week. 2  Non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1 and 1/2 times base pay for overtime.
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2007/01/hourly_wage_vs_-1
However, the basics are. 1  Non-exempt employees must be paid at least the federal minimum wage. 2  Non-exempt employees must be paid overtime pay, if you work over 40 hours a week. 3  Non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1 and 1/2 times base pay for overtime.
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2007/01/hourly_wage_vs_-1
All employees must receive overtime pay unless the employer can prove that the position is exempt from the FLSA. When considering social workers there are three relevant exemptions-the so-called “white-collar” exemptions-executive, administrative, and professional.
http://www.caplaw.org/resources/PublicationDocuments/updatenewsletter/2012/CAPLAW_SocialWorkers_Summer2012.pdf
In the process of updating our job descriptions I have looked at many from other agencies and am confused in particular about one issue: in some cases social workers are classified as exempt (exempt from overtime) and in other cases they are nonexempt.
http://www.caplaw.org/resources/PublicationDocuments/updatenewsletter/2012/CAPLAW_SocialWorkers_Summer2012.pdf
are social workers exempt or nonexempt
In some cases social workers are classified as exempt and in other cases they are nonexempt.