Exempt or Non-Exempt?

[Anonymous]

I was giving a paper to sign from my employers payroll office to sign. It states that I am an EXEMPT employee and I make $--,--- a year.

My belief is that all nannies (who make under 100k) are non-exempt employees. Does this make any difference in anything? Should I just sign it? I'm in NY, and nannies are hourly employees.

[Anonymous]

You are right to hesitate.

You should be certain to have a document that spells out your hourly rate, your overtime rate, and - if applicable - the guaranteed number of hours, benefits, holidays, etc...

You cannot be an exempt employee.

[Anonymous]

They are just trying to get out of paying overtime.

[Anonymous]

In NY, you are a hourly worker. Even if you get a salary. They have to provide you every week with the hours you worked. You are a non-exempt employee and need to be paid for every hour, and entitled to overtime over 40hrs.

[Anonymous]

Federal law says you are non-exempt. Parents can't change that by making you sign something that says otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Federal law says you are non-exempt. Parents can't change that by making you sign something that says otherwise.

Can you link that law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Federal law says you are non-exempt. Parents can't change that by making you sign something that says otherwise.

Can you link that law?

Its called the Fair Labor Standards Act!

[Anonymous]

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17a_overview.pdf

[Anonymous]

Google "IRS Publication 926". Nannies are non-exempt household employees.