- I am salaried-exempt at a rate of $4,000 for 80 hours per two weeks ($50 per hour).
- It is company policy for us to earn overtime pay, albeit not at time and a half, above 80 hours per pay period (Overtime for me would be $50 + $5)
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week (9/28, 9/29, 9/30 and 10/2), I worked one extra hour each day to earn what I believed would give me 84 hours of that pay period.
On Thursday (10/1), my employer had database/servers related to the mandated ICD-10 upgrade. We were told to stay home till it was fixed. When it was fixed, we were contacted and it was stated any employee who had at least half their shift remaining should report to work. I fit into that group, so I reported to work exactly 4 hours that day. Because the issue occurred early in the day, there were some employees who were beyond the half-way point in the shift so did not show up to work at all.
As it turns out today, the company is telling me that I will have earned the exact salary for that pay period as my coworker who remained at home the entire day. We are both going to be paid for 80 hours.
Me: 76 hours worked + 4 hours told to stay at home + 4 hours of over time
Co-worker: 72 hours worked + 8 hours told to stay at home
Can anyone enlighten me? I'd just like to be paid for those 4 extra hours. The company policy says pay cannot be docked for absences created by the company and we do have overtime pay.