computer professional exemption

Proposed Legislation May Expand the Scope of the Computer Employee Exemption

November 09, 2011 20:06

By Douglas Weiner and Meg Thering On October 20, 2011, the Computer Professionals Update Act (“the CPU Act”) – one of the first potential pieces of good news for employers this year – was introduced in the U.S. Senate.  If passed, the CPU act would expand the computer...

Do You Have to Pay People Who Work the Computer Help Desk Overtime Pay?

August 19, 2010 13:51

Since there is an overtime exemption for computer employees, computer help desk staff (a/k/a technical support or IT support) must be exempt from the overtime pay requirements, right? Wrong. Tech support employees are not the right kind of computer employees that fit under that exemption. Remember:...

Portrait of an Exempt Computer Employee

August 09, 2010 14:58

How can an employer tell which computer employees are exempt from the overtime pay requirements? What does an exempt computer employee look like? They are a rare bird—but occasionally, computer employees may fit into one of the regulation’s exemptions.The computer employee exemption...

Big Costs For Misclassifying Technical Support Workers

November 18, 2009 22:28

$27.5 million settlement with Siebel Systems. $65 million settlement with IBM. $24 million settlement with Computer Sciences Corporation. Allegations in a recently certified class action against Wells Fargo with up to 3,000 possible class members. These are significant...