Connections Post 3

I was reviewing for our last test and connected to the Fair Labor Standards Act which established minimum wage and overtime pay. I used to work for a company and worked for a salary instead of an hourly wage. I was told when I accepted the salary wage that I would be required to work a minimum of 60 hours a week. I did this for a period of time until I realized that because I was not considered an exempt employee (which basically means that I was not a member of management, and did not make any decisions for the company directly) that I should have been being paid overtime for the extra 20 hours a week I was "required" to work. When I approached my supervisor with this information I was told that I would either work the hours or they would dock my pay. So when we discussed the Fair Labor Standards Act it reminded me of this situation I found myself in. I ended up leaving this employer and was eventually compensated for the overtime pay I was entitled to but I don't believe employers should automatically assume that their employees do not know the law and/or will not figure it out not fight for what is legally theirs.