I am a salaried employee in WA. When I accepted the job I was working 40 hours, plus if we had to work late for a job. After a month or so being on salary I was told I had to start coming in early, that it was required I worked 45+ hours. I haven't gotten any bonuses or overtime and haven't complained, but it seems strange to me that they call it "an unwritten rule". Should I ask to get it in writing? Or is that just causing trouble?
I recently took 2 days off because of an illness. I only had 12 hours of sick time to use, so they are going to pay that, but not the other 4 hours. I asked my manager if they would take into consideration the extra hours I work, but he said no. I asked "then why am I working 9 hours a day?" and he said they were really putting their foot down on the mandatory 45 hours for salaried employees. It seems fishy to me that they're screwing their management employees at every turn.
I was also told in November that I would be seeing a raise in January, but that hasn't happened either...
Where can I go to find it in writing whether this is legal or not and if there is anything I can do without risking my job? I need a clear legal answer.

Help... :confused:

Salaried exempt employees are exempt from the FLSA and thus exempt from the overtime provision.

At the same time the salaried exempt must be paid their entire salary for the day if they work a portion of the day.

You should not have been docked 4 hours pay. If you are off one full day for personal reasons and have no vacation time to use you can be docked for one full day, but not for partial days off.

Working 40, 50, 60 hours does not matter if you are salaried exempt you are not working by the hour. You are working for a salary to do a job and the employer may ask you to work any number of hours to do that job for the salary.

Raises are not regulated by law. The law only says that you must be paid at least minimum wages.

Shirley