Guess I lost on that one. I have another question. If an hourly employee takes a sick day, they can work and make up the lost time. If an exempt employee takes a sick day, they have used a day. They can not make up the time.
Company says that is comp time and is illegal.
I wish when I was offerd salary exempt at the beginning on the year I had refused. Sounded good - was good for company. I asked if I could go back to hourly in 2002 and was told no. Your employer certainly has no obligation to offer you comp time and what they are doing is perfectly legal. Nor do they have to comply with your request to change your status back to non-exempt.