What is the difference between an exempt and non-exempt employee?

Answer 1

I've answered this question myself a few times. Please search using the "search for questions" feature. It's getting dull to see this quesiton all the time. When you typed the question, you surely got a ton of little blue links underneath where you typed - here's a clue: THOSE WERE DUPLICATES OF YOUR QUESTION THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.

Answer 2

An exempt employee is one whose pay is not subject to certain federal laws. For example, many white-collar workers don't have to be paid time-and-a-half for overtime and so are exempt from the laws that require it for some other workers. A non-exempt employee is just the opposite. I hope somebody can give you a more complete explanation, but this is the difference, in general.

Answer 3

Exempt and non-exempt refers to whether an employee is covered by (or non-exempt) from the FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act. This law deals with when you have to pay someone for overtime. There are a lot of rules, but one basic one is: if you dock someone for being sick, then you are probably going to have to pay them overtime.

Answer 4

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/

All the info is right there.

Basically, exempt employees are salaried at the same pay no matter how much they work. Non-exempt employees earn compensatory time, but are not hourly-waged, so they don't necessarily have to earn overtime. The employer can require that compensatory time be taken in lieu of overtime pay.

Answer 5

Salaried-you are not on salary. You are either an hourly employee or salaried. Exempt or non.