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  1. CivilMechDesignerNC

    Can a contract employee be salaried exempt?

    My title is "Mechanical/Civil Designer" as listed from my current employer. ColonelSanders83: Like I said before, I've publicly fought this since I first heard about it, even before working for this company (see above posts from 08:34 and 10:29). I have not "allowed" this to happen without a...
  2. CivilMechDesignerNC

    Can a contract employee be salaried exempt?

    You're right. I have some tough decisions to make. There aren't that many jobs available (I'm looking) in this area. Hopefully they'll realize what I do for them and compromise....
  3. CivilMechDesignerNC

    Can a contract employee be salaried exempt?

    I knew from the start that by being exempt, I would not be receiving any more overtime. That's why I've been fighting this since December when we were told that we would be hired by this other company. I fought against it publicly until the host company (company B) manager told me to shut up...
  4. CivilMechDesignerNC

    Can a contract employee be salaried exempt?

    We were hourly under the company we worked for last year because the owner didn't think it was legal for a contractor to work for a company and be exempt. He told me that he had looked into in quite a bit, and decided it was in his best legal interest to make us hourly. When I brought it to...
  5. CivilMechDesignerNC

    Can a contract employee be salaried exempt?

    Here's the scenario: I work for company A who does contract design and engineering work for company B here in NC. Company A is a semi-permanently embedded contractor for company B. In January of this year, company B told my previous contract employer to hit the road and company A picked us up...

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