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Re:Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup... by baryphonic on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:19PM (#22132224)
It's a good question. I don't know, and if you're curious, ask an employment lawyer.

I'm even further removed from company time: not only am I salaried non-exempt, but I mostly work remotely.

My own rule (without taking into account any legal advice I don't need, since I'm not working on my own startup) is to be very strict about the resources that belong to the company, and not mix them with anything I do for fun or personal/professional growth.

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Re:Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup... by gamblor956 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:38PM (#22133594)
Non-exempt workers are generally employees paid on an hourly basis, below an annual income threshold of approximately $55k, not including certain programmers or white-collar workers, both of which have been explicitly "exempted" from the law.
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Re:Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup... by baryphonic on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:10PM (#22133891)
Yep, I meant salaried exempt.
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Re:Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup... by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:57PM (#22132646)
If you're non-exempt, then you're explicitly tracking "company time" vs "not company time".

Did you mean you are exempt?

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Re:Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup... by baryphonic on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:09PM (#22133884)
Both of you are correct. I meant I am salaried exempt and remote. Apparently I was also caffeine deficient at the time I wrote that...
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