Overtime Pay: Federal Law

According to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, there are certain workers who are not entitled to receive overtime pay. The FLSA applies to employers who have gross revenues of $500,000 or more. These include:

• Commissioned sales employees whose commissions comprise half of their pay and who average at least 1.5 times the minimum wage for each hour worked
• Computer professionals who are paid at least $27.63 per hour
• Drivers, driver’s helpers, loaders and mechanics who are employed by motor carriers and if their duties affect the safety of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce
• Farm workers employed on small farms
• Salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics employed by automobile dealerships
• Those who work at seasonal and recreational establishments
• Executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees who are salaried
• Aircraft salespeople
• Airline employees
• Babysitters
• Boat salespeople
• Buyers of agricultural products
• Elder companions
• Country elevator workers
• Farm implement salespeople
• Federal crime investigators
• Firefighters and police officers who work in public departments with fewer than five firefighters or police officers
• Fishing
• Forestry employees who work in companies with fewer than nine employees
• Fruit and vegetable transportation employees
• Homeworkers making wreaths
• Houseparents in nonprofit educational institutions
• Livestock auction workers
• Local delivery drivers and driver’s helpers
• Lumber operations employees who work in companies with fewer than nine employees
• Motion picture theater employees
• Newspaper delivery employees
• Newspaper employees of limited circulation newspapers
• Radio station and television employees in small markets
• Railroad employees
• Seamen
• Sugar processing employees
• Switchboard operators
• Taxi drivers
• Truck and trailer salespeople