I work in a professional engineering company in Florida USA.
I have to fill out a time card down to the 15 minute mark.
Every bit of my time must be billable to a specific client.
Very little of the time can be billed to the office. Some meetings, but a lot of things like down time while IT fixes my computer, I don’t get paid for that.
I also don’t get any overtime pay.
I also don’t get any unpaid leave.
I was told when I was hired that because of the cost savings from eliminating complex bookkeeping related to paid leave, the savings gets passed on to me with a larger hourly rate (about $50/hour).
I do get essentially unlimited unpaid leave. I can take off whenever as long as I’m not bailing on critical meetings.
I was under the impression that you’re either salaried or hourly and get OT. I’m hourly with no OT.
The company is not unionized, however, I have tried to contact union reps for engineering but they never answer or call me back.
Is this legal?