If an exempt employee works 40 hours a week and comes in for 4 hours for a fday will that employee get paid 8?

Question

Exempt employee comes in for an 8 hour shift and finishes his work in 4 hours and goes home will he get paid for the whole 8 hour day?

Answer 1

Exempt employees are not generally subject to work hours. He is paid a salary by the week.

In most cases, an exempt employee may work *more* hours than 40 per week and not be paid anything extra. Most exempt employees I knew in my career worked 48 to 54 hours a week.

The essential thing for an exempt employee is getting the job done. These people are generally managerial or professional workers who are highly motivated and are often under a lot of pressure.

Answer 2

I've never seen an exempt employee ever have their work done. At least I've never been so lucky. I have been able to leave, but I worked from home for the rest of the day. I've also put in more 12-14 hours days than I care to ever remember.

Answer 3

Probably. I don't know if you have an employment contract, but if it states that your salary, you're pretty much stuck. However, theoretically speaking, if you need to take time off, you shouldn't need to ask for vacation time to do it (nice companies understand that employees who work OT frequently occasionally deserve a little slack). You didn't mention what you do for a living, but a little story for you: the government started to go after law firms who were working their staff to death (lawyers frequently work 70-80 hours/week), and the firms were claiming that they were within their rights because the staff was salaried. The Labor Department stepped in and said that it was abusive and had the firms start paying overtime. So, some of this kind of depends on where you work, and some of how you handle this will depend how badly you want to keep the job. You may want to speak to your supervisor regarding your hours and find out how long these long weeks will be requested of you.

Answer 4

an exempt employee will get paid 40 hrs a week regardless. Non-exempt employees will not.

I have to add though that it is up to your employer if they allow you to work that kind of schedule.