To avoid paying overtime, employers often misclassify employees and pay them salary. Salary does not equal exempt. Those
misclassified employees have a right to overtime compensation. Some industries that are notorious for misclassifying their
employees or not paying them for all hours worked. Some commonly misclassified positions include:
- Assistant manager positions in the service industry that are paid salary and or not paid overtime (fast food, restaurants, retail, convenience stores)
- Trucking dispatchers and certain logistics workers that are paid salary and and or not paid overtime
- Healthcare workers (home healthcare, nursing facilities, hospitals)
- Oil and gas industry workers
- Exotic Dancers classified as independent contractors
- Banking and loan officer positions
If you routinely work over 40 hours a week and are not paid overtime, you may be entitled to compensation.