http://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/fs17g_salary.htm
Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
(Revised July 2008) (PDF)
Fact Sheet #17G: Salary Basis Requirement and the Part 541 Exemptions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
This fact sheet provides general information on the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay provided by Section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act as defined by Regulations, 29 CFR Part 541.
The FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek.
However, Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for employees employed as bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees. Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) also exempt certain computer employees. To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week. Job titles do not determine exempt status. In order for an exemption to apply, an employee’s specific job duties and salary must meet all the requirements of the Department’s regulations.
See other fact sheets in this series for more information on the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, computer and outside sales employees.
Salary Basis Requirement
To qualify for exemption, employees generally must be paid at not less than $455 per week on a salary basis. These salary requirements do not apply to outside sales employees, teachers, and employees practicing law or medicine. Exempt computer employees may be paid at least $455 on a salary basis or on an hourly basis at a rate not less than $27.63 an hour.
Being paid on a “salary basis” means an employee regularly receives a predetermined amount of compensation each pay period on a weekly, or less frequent, basis. The predetermined amount cannot be reduced because of variations in the quality or quantity of the employee’s work. Subject to exceptions listed below, an exempt employee must receive the full salary for any week in which the employee performs any work, regardless of the number of days or hours worked. Exempt employees do not need to be paid for any workweek in which they perform no work. If the employer makes deductions from an employee’s predetermined salary, i.e., because of the operating requirements of the business, that employee is not paid on a “salary basis.” If the employee is ready, willing and able to work, deductions may not be made for time when work is not available.
Circumstances in Which the Employer May Make Deductions from Pay
Deductions from pay are permissible when an exempt employee: is absent from work for one or more full days for personal reasons other than sickness or disability; for absences of one or more full days due to sickness or disability if the deduction is made in accordance with a bona fide plan, policy or practice of providing compensation for salary lost due to illness; to offset amounts employees receive as jury or witness fees, or for military pay; for penalties imposed in good faith for infractions of safety rules of major significance; or for unpaid disciplinary suspensions of one or more full days imposed in good faith for workplace conduct rule infractions. Also, an employer is not required to pay the full salary in the initial or terminal week of employment, or for weeks in which an exempt employee takes unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Effect of Improper Deductions from Salary
The employer will lose the exemption if it has an “actual practice” of making improper deductions from salary. Factors to consider when determining whether an employer has an actual practice of making improper deductions include, but are not limited to: the number of improper deductions, particularly as compared to the number of employee infractions warranting deductions; the time period during which the employer made improper deductions; the number and geographic location of both the employees whose salary was improperly reduced and the managers responsible; and whether the employer has a clearly communicated policy permitting or prohibiting improper deductions. If an “actual practice” is found, the exemption is lost during the time period of the deductions for employees in the same job classification working for the same managers responsible for the improper deductions.
Isolated or inadvertent improper deductions will not result in loss of the exemption if the employer reimburses the employee for the improper deductions.
Safe Harbor
If an employer (1) has a clearly communicated policy prohibiting improper deductions and including a complaint mechanism, (2) reimburses employees for any improper deductions, and (3) makes a good faith commitment to comply in the future, the employer will not lose the exemption for any employees unless the employer willfully violates the policy by continuing the improper deductions after receiving employee complaints.
Fee Basis
Administrative, professional and computer employees may be paid on a “fee basis” rather than on a salary basis. If the employee is paid an agreed sum for a single job, regardless of the time required for its completion, the employee will be considered to be paid on a “fee basis.” A fee payment is generally paid for a unique job, rather than for a series of jobs repeated a number of times and for which identical payments repeatedly are made. To determine whether the fee payment meets the minimum salary level requirement, the test is to consider the time worked on the job and determine whether the payment is at a rate that would amount to at least $455 per week if the employee worked 40 hours. For example, an artist paid $250 for a picture that took 20 hours to complete meets the minimum salary requirement since the rate would yield $500 if 40 hours were worked.
Where to Obtain Additional Information
For additional information, visit our Wage and Hour Division Website: http://www.wagehour.dol.gov and/or call our toll-free information and helpline, available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in your time zone, 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243).
When the state laws differ from the federal FLSA, an employer must comply with the standard most protective to employees. Links to your state labor department can be found at www.dol.gov/contacts/state_of.htm.
This publication is for general information and is not to be considered in the same light as official statements of position contained in the regulations.
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• LZ是part-time exempt -lexm5- ♂ (867 bytes) () 11/14/2014 postreply 04:57:48
• 我是full time exempt, 但公司在扣工資這一點上所做的事已經事實上將我們這些 exempt employee 當成 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2014 postreply 18:06:11
• "原公司是一周工作35小時製度" How can this be full time exempt? -lexm5- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2014 postreply 18:16:29
• 傳統行業的一些老公司的確就是這種製度。很多員工一輩子就隻在這家公司工作,因為喜歡這樣輕鬆的工作環境。 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2014 postreply 18:23:45
• 您說得非常對。 感謝您找出來的這些法律文字。 這個周末我要好好研究一下。 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2014 postreply 18:03:00
• DOL需要的是1)35HR/W的證據。2)你所說的那種克扣工錢已成為公司的慣例 -CheGuevara- ♂ (833 bytes) () 11/15/2014 postreply 22:39:32
• 回答問題1): 我的paycheck 可證明。 比如我最後一張 paycheck, 他們扣掉我兩天的工資, 是按每天7小時計算的 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (407 bytes) () 11/16/2014 postreply 19:30:41
• 切格瓦拉先生, 麻煩您解釋一下“如果印度人從來沒有開會,email解釋過, 你就不會處於不利的局麵." . 我是法律菜鳥,此處看 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/16/2014 postreply 19:39:00
• 沒看明白您說的 ““如果印度人從來沒有開會,email解釋過, 你就不會處於不利的局麵." 求解釋。多謝。 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/16/2014 postreply 20:10:14
• 我是指克扣工錢後,印度人發現不對有沒有開會,email補救過,因為 -CheGuevara- ♂ (1227 bytes) () 11/17/2014 postreply 00:21:09
• 印度人沒有覺得不對, 公司在收到勞動部門轉給他們的我的wage claim 後, 律師沒有進行任何調查 (連我是男是女都沒搞清楚 -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (857 bytes) () 11/17/2014 postreply 11:24:52
• 我覺得你因該強調 -CheGuevara- ♂ (1534 bytes) () 11/17/2014 postreply 23:26:07
• 完全讚同您的意見。 我6月份給他們的回複以及現在我準備 hearing 都是采取您提的這個主張和思路。再次致謝! -遠浦歸舟- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/18/2014 postreply 20:55:30