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My employer found a loophole to get out of paying time and a half for overtime hours, what do you guys think about this?

So I work for a couple who owns several businesses and operates them all from the same office. They’re all very similar, but have different LLCs. I work in the accounting and HR department for all the businesses. I do not have access to payroll as that is someone else’s job. I am paid hourly. Recently, they asked me to start working late and working on Saturdays. Well, when I got my paycheck I noticed I wasn’t paid time and a half for the hours worked over 40. I asked and they said they don’t pay office staff time and a half since we work for all the businesses. They told me: “technically you work for all the businesses so it’s a couple hours for this one, a couple hours for that one, and so on per week. You never worked over 40 hours for one of the businesses.” I…


So I work for a couple who owns several businesses and operates them all from the same office. They’re all very similar, but have different LLCs. I work in the accounting and HR department for all the businesses. I do not have access to payroll as that is someone else’s job. I am paid hourly. Recently, they asked me to start working late and working on Saturdays. Well, when I got my paycheck I noticed I wasn’t paid time and a half for the hours worked over 40. I asked and they said they don’t pay office staff time and a half since we work for all the businesses. They told me: “technically you work for all the businesses so it’s a couple hours for this one, a couple hours for that one, and so on per week. You never worked over 40 hours for one of the businesses.” I do all the accounting during one period of the day, but the companies do each have their own separate login on the accounting software we use so I have to log in and log back out. Is this a way for them to get away with not paying me time and a half for overtime? Is it legal?

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