When the Ottoman Empire was restored under Sultan Mehmed I, the Turkish notables, in order to deprive the sultan of the only military force he could use to resist their control, required him to abandon the kapÄ±kulu, justifying the action on the basis of the Islamic tradition that Muslims could not be kept in slavery.
The federal rules have, in some cases, changed who in Washington State can be considered exempt from overtime. Notable differences include: Minimum salary requirement: 1  Washington's minimum salary for overtime-exempt workers is $250 per week.2  The new federal rules raise the federal minimum. 3  It previously was as little as $155 per week, but now is $455 per week.he federal rules have, in some cases, changed who in Washington State can be considered exempt from overtime. Notable differences include: Minimum salary requirement: 1  Washington's minimum salary for overtime-exempt workers is $250 per week.
Employees performing office or non-manual work and who are paid total annual compensation of $100,000 or more(which must include at least $455 per week paid on a salary or fee basis) are exempt from FLSA overtime regulations if they customarily and regularly perform at least one of the duties of an exempt executive, administrative, or learned or creative professional employee identified in the standard tests for exemption.