Salary Workers

[JanetRose]

Isn't the minimum you should work is at least 40 hours per week?

 

[kpm76]

State employees in RI have a 35 hour work week....

 

[MrsHerbie53]

At the small college where I am a librarian, we work 37.5 hours during the school year and 35 during the summer (wish summers were off!!)

So I would think it would depend on the wording of your contract...

 

[Honu]

My benefits/pay rate have always been based on a 35 hour week, but it's up to the employer to determine the hours.

 

[singingpixie]

I also know plenty of folks who are salaried and therefore ineligible for overtime, so they work some shorter weeks to balance out the longer one- everyone's got a different policy.

 

[Aimeedyan]

At my company, FT is 35 hours.

Only the support staff end up getting away with that few of hours, and even they work over it at times.

We don't get OT

 

[Liberty Belle]

My regular hours (given by central office) are 35 hours a week. I work an extra five hours in the after school program, but most paras don't. We're not allowed to go over 40 hours.

Oops - I'm hourly, not salary. DH is salary and works anywhere from 38 to 48 hours a week.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Some salaries are adjusted for the expected amount of hours worked. A friend of mines does not work 40 hours/week and her salary is adjusted for her schedule. If someone else replaced her at 40 hours, they would have a higher salary for the same job.

 

[lemondog]

Isn't the minimum you should work is at least 40 hours per week?

It depends on where you work. I am a preschool teacher at a church based program. I work 18 hours a week and am paid hourly. But we have some teachers who only work 9 hours a week but are salaried.

 

[druidia]

It depends on who you work for. Some of the managers where I work believe we should work 50 hours per week as salaried employees.

 

[Katy Belle]

My DH is salaried. The work week is 40 hours and when they hired him they said that they expect them to work about 10% overtime, with no additional pay. He works that plus much more, but some sneak out at less than 40.

 

[Stacerita]

I am salary and some weeks I don't work 40 hours. But there are some I work 50 or more. My boss is fine with that.

 

[manning]

Isn't the minimum you should work is at least 40 hours per week?

we had a 37 hour week. In order to get overtime you had to work 40 hours then went onto overtime.

 

[barkley]

when i was working salaried for government i was ineligible for overtime so my standard 10 plus extra hours per week were'nt compensated BUT if i worked so much as 5 minutes less than my 40 hours per week i had to submit a time card to use vacation, float or sick leave-absent of that my salary was docked (most h/r's for gov. have the salaried staff's hourly wage computed somewhere for these purposes).

 

[darlak]

DH works for the federal government and is expected to work 40 hours per week. I should say that he is scheduled for that many hours per week, but usually works more than that.

I'm now a contractor for the county and I work as many hours as it takes to get my job done, but my salary was based on a 40 hour work week. Some weeks I work much more and some weeks I work much less. The real perk for me is that most of my data entry and report editing can now be done at home. That accounts for about 40 percent of my weekly hours.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I'm salaried at 40 hours a week. I am usually there longer though!

 

[Keggy]

I am salaried at a minimum of 40 hours per week. DH is salaried at 37.5 hours per week. It depends on the company...

 

[DeterminedOne]

A salaried worker should at least work the minimum hours whether is 35, 37.5, or 40. If they don't they should have to use personal or vacation time. Just my two cents.

 

[SC Minnie]

I am salaried at 40 hrs/week but usually work 45-50. If I need time off for a drs appt or to go to a school function for DD I don't get 'dinged' for it or have to make up my time since I generally work more than a straight 40 anyway.

Dh is salaried and works 37.5 hours/week.

I think the 'minimum' requirement is set by the employer.

 

[puffkin]

I am salaried at 40 hours a week. Most of the time I work more than that. If I need to leave for a doctors appointment or something like that I don't make up the time though......unless it is more than a couple hours.

It really just depends on the company and what your contract says.