Working extraordinary amount of hours

[bishop500]

My coworkers I have been putting in an extraordinary amount of hours. We are all salary employees and were told we may have to occasionally have to put in more than 40 hours. We each put in between 50 and 70 hours on an average week. We each install and support small business computer networks. Our employer charges for all this time but we don’t receive any compensation. My questions are:

1. How can we determine if we should be paid hourly or salary?
2. Is there any cap on how many hours they can demand that we work?

 

[cbg]

1.) www.dol.gov. Look under FLSA and exemptions.

2.) In one state, and only one state, certain industries have a limit as to how many hours an employee may work. You failed to follow instructions so I cannot tell you if your state is that state. However, even if it is, the number of hours you describe does not meet that cap; nor is your industry among the ones limited. So, to all intents and purposes, the answer is no.