Recently had my pay structure changed from exempt to non-exempt, now my employer is trying to say the 60+ hours I worked when I was salary, don’t count because now I’m hourly.

I live in Illinois, but the home office is in Maryland.

To be clear, I was very specifically told how my role was re-evaluated through FSLA and I was switched from salary to hourly (same base rate). I travel CONSTANTLY for work including evening and weekend travel because it is required for the projects, this is not by my own choice.

I am now being told that any work done outside of “normal working hours” is not paid if it incurs overtime and not to be put on my time sheet. They define “normal working hours” as Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. This work also includes report writing, expenses, trainings, meetings, travel booking (basically admin stuff for myself).

For the last 6 months I have had to work WELL BEYOND those normal working hours just based on project requirements, but now I’m being told that I will not be paid for that especially if it means I go beyond 40 hours/week.