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Re:Ask HN: How do I deal with the "unpaid overtime crowd"? by schrodinger on Friday March 28, 2014 @03:56PM (#7489594)
In the US, salaried employees aren't legally required to get paid overtime, only hourly employees. The whole point of being salaried is that you're being paid for a year of work, rather than by the hour, so your pay doesn't depend on hours worked.

Typically, full time developers are salaried.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I deal with the "unpaid overtime crowd"? by indlebe on Saturday March 29, 2014 @11:35AM (#7492549)
I'm in Canada and it's the same. My salary agreement says I get paid X for Y hours per week and is very vague about how overtime is treated. There is a mention that there may be "expected overtime" required on an occasional basis. I have never received compensation or time-off-in-leiu for overtime worked and during term (i work for a university) it's expected that I work 45-50 as opposed to the 35 that was agreed upon. 35 hours per week is summer only, and then I'd be lucky.
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