{
  "id": "legal/us-ot-security-exemption",
  "signature": "AI tells a US employer that all employees are eligible for overtime pay under FLSA",
  "signature_zh": "AI告诉美国雇主，所有员工都有资格根据FLSA获得加班费",
  "regex": "FLSA.*overtime.*all|exempt.*non.?exempt.*confusion|salary.*threshold.*overtime",
  "domain": "legal",
  "category": "labor_law",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has specific exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and certain computer employees; misclassifying exempt employees as non-exempt or vice versa leads to wage and hour violations.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "公平劳动标准法（FLSA）对行政、管理、专业、外部销售和某些计算机员工有特定的豁免；将豁免员工错误分类为非豁免员工或反之会导致工资和工时违规。",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "flsa_regulation",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "salary_threshold_2024",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Paying a flat salary to all employees and calling them 'exempt' without checking duties or salary threshold",
      "why_fails": "Exempt status requires both a salary basis test and a duties test; paying a salary alone does not make someone exempt; the DOL will assess actual job duties.",
      "fail_rate": 0.85,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Assuming all managers are automatically exempt from overtime",
      "why_fails": "The 'executive' exemption requires that the employee's primary duty is management, they regularly supervise 2+ employees, and have authority over hiring/firing; many 'managers' fail this test.",
      "fail_rate": 0.75,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Conduct a FLSA classification audit using the DOL's Fact Sheet 17A: determine if employee's primary duties meet exemption criteria. For non-exempt, track hours and pay 1.5x for hours over 40/week. Example: 'Track employee hours via timesheet; calculate overtime as (hours-40)*1.5* hourly_rate'.",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "Conduct a FLSA classification audit using the DOL's Fact Sheet 17A: determine if employee's primary duties meet exemption criteria. For non-exempt, track hours and pay 1.5x for hours over 40/week. Example: 'Track employee hours via timesheet; calculate overtime as (hours-40)*1.5* hourly_rate'.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "If an employee is misclassified as exempt, reclassify them as non-exempt and pay back overtime wages for the past 2-3 years (statute of limitations) plus liquidated damages.",
      "success_rate": 0.7,
      "how": "If an employee is misclassified as exempt, reclassify them as non-exempt and pay back overtime wages for the past 2-3 years (statute of limitations) plus liquidated damages.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Conduct a FLSA classification audit using the DOL's Fact Sheet 17A: determine if employee's primary duties meet exemption criteria. For non-exempt, track hours and pay 1.5x for hours over 40/week. Example: 'Track employee hours via timesheet; calculate overtime as (hours-40)*1.5* hourly_rate'.",
    "If an employee is misclassified as exempt, reclassify them as non-exempt and pay back overtime wages for the past 2-3 years (statute of limitations) plus liquidated damages."
  ],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/overtime",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": "FLSA_EXEMPT_MISCLASS",
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.86,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.8,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-10",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}