As discussed below, an employer may not reduce the salary of an employee for absences of less than a day, a practice called docking. Deductions are also not permitted if an employee is ready, willing and able to work, but the employer cannot utilize the services of the employee due to the operating requirements of the business. Deductions for sickness or disability are permitted if made pursuant to a plan of providing paid sick or disability leave but the employee has exhausted his or her paid sick or disability leave or has not yet qualified for leave under the plan. Deductions can also be made if an employee qualifies for separate benefits under an employer-provided disability plan and the employee receives such benefits in lieu of salary. B. Outside Salesmen.
Outside salesmen are also exempt.
Outside salesmen are persons employed for the purpose of making sales or obtaining orders or contracts for services if the employee is customarily and regularly away from the employer s place of business. Employees who work at the employer's place of business making sales either in person or by telephone generally do not qualify for this or any of the white-collar exemptions discussed above. Computation of Required Overtime Pay. As discussed above, if an employee is not exempt, then he or she has to receive overtime pay of at least one and one-half times his or her regular hourly rate of pay for any hours worked in a workweek in excess of forty hours. The regular hourly rate of pay for a particular workweek is equal to the total compensation paid for such week divided by the number of hours actually worked in such week.