salaried employee question

[budman473]

FMLA allows you up to 12 weeks per year of time off (paid & unpaid) if this is related to the birth of a baby or caring for a sick family member.

There is a process to qualify for FMLA and once that happens you do indeed get 12 weeks per year. However you can not just take time off and claim FMLA with out prior approval which includes documentation from your doctor. I have this sitiation with a sick parent and I use the FMLA. It is a great tool but again you have to have it approved. Which is not that hard to do. I encourage anyone that needs it to use it.

 

[alex]

We had this issue come up when I worked in DC for a professional association. The association requested a clarification from DOL for their members.

When you are hired as an exempt employee you are paid a weekly/monthly, etc. salary to do a job - no matter how many or how few hours it takes you to do the job.

The association was told that unless a person takes a full day off the firm/company could not deduct any salary or leave time from that exempt employee.

At the same time that employee may have to travel or work more than a standard 40 hours per week to get the job done without any additional salary compensation.

 

[czygvtwkr]

When you are hired as an exempt employee you are paid a weekly/monthly, etc. salary to do a job - no matter how many or how few hours it takes you to do the job.

Most bosses will give you an extra job to do if you can finish your primary job in less than the time they expect you to be there.

 

[rsterback]

Salaried employee

The answer is this, salary is simply a method of being paid. Your status of exempt or non-exempt is the key factor. If you're salaried and exempt, they cannot dock your pay for time missed. They can however, deduct from any company allowed PTO (paif time off).

Salaried exempt workers are paid for their work, not their time.