This is not a question on what it means as I know what it means. I’m curious on if the way we are paid OT is legit or if what they do is considered illegal. Or if it’s one of those “grey” areas.
Where I work if you are a front line supervisor you get overtime as salary. Our overtime is straight pay (not time and a half).
The way overtime is paid out depends on your department. In one departments you are paid every hour you work over. In some you are paid every 4 hours you work over. So as an example if two guys, one in each of the above departments, worked overtime 3 hours, one would get paid 3 hours of OT and the other would get nothing.
I don’t recall what it says in our “salary handbook” at this time but I’ve always been told it’s basically up to the department head how that is paid out.
My question is, is that fine (but kinda shitty) or is this something that is not right?
To me it shouldn’t matter what department you are in. We should all be paid the same way. Be it in blocks or per hour.