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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Wim:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In August of 2004 the labor department (federal) made some rules
changes that tightened up the criteria for exempt and non-exempt =
status.
HR here could not make my job non-exempt and follow those new =
rules.
Fully 50% of our staff was changed at that time to non-exempt status to =
keep
the school legal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Frankly, I am happy to be hourly. The term =
“exempt”
means that the employer is exempt from paying you overtime. They =
can
require you to be there all kinds of crazy hours and they don’t =
have to
pay you anything but your salary. I’m personally thrilled to =
death
that if I come in for a Sunday tuning, I clock in and out and take a =
short day
later in the week. They don’t want me to do overtime as that =
would
stretch the budget. I can’t think of why I’d want them =
to be
exempt from following labor laws. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If you really want the exempt status, check current labor laws =
before
you write the job description so you can word it like you want it. =
I know
supervision of a certain number (?) of people counts, but I don’t =
know
the other criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wimblees@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December =
06, 2005
3:44 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] job =
decription</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I'm trying to go from hourly staff =
to
salary professional staff. The chair is not opposed to it, but is =
dragging his
feet. I've just gone to HR, and they recommended I should have a =
detailed job
description. There was nothing here before I came. I could probably =
write
one, but I would imagine one of you probably has one, especially one =
that has
passed muster. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
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