That way, if workers logged 80 hours in two weeks, they would not receive extra pay for posting 50 hours in one week and 30 the next. The latest attempts by industry groups to tinker with overtime protections have union groups up in arms. Courtney says high-tech consultants who are paid by the hour can endure long gaps in unemployment during the year as they finish one project and begin the search for another. The computer consulting association, whose 500 or so members typically handle pay and benefits for the tech workers they place at client firms, has long favored the technical exemption, and with good reason. Firms that misclassify employees can be forced to pay back overtime wages for two or three years, often for an entire category of workers.
Companies also can be on the hook for lawyers' fees.
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