I am not sure how it works in the United States, but here in Australia you are deemed to be on a salary with only one difference.
People who are on a salary will never get paid overtime, whereas people on wages are expected to be paid overtime. It's as simple as that over here. Regards, Andrew Scott -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdino...@houseoffusion.com] Sent: Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:52 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Hiring question - Hourly vs Salary I'm making the assumption that hourly means contract rather than full time hire. If so, then the programmer will be responsible for managing their timesheet, billing, taxes, etc. This will greatly lower their effectiveness. The company should be handling all of these non-work related tasks, leaving the programmer to do a job without distractions. In addition, the lack of perceived stability in the form of a company support system will make them less enthusiastic and more prone to move to something better. The feeling of being an outsider, different than everyone else, is another factor. -- Michael Dinowitz Lead Author - Adobe Coldfusion Anthology http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272 155/?tag=houseoffusion On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:29 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We are brining on a new employee internally to double the size of our > IT department. We're having to provide proof to our HR department > (which is our primary business) that this person should be salary > instead of hourly. > > Their "angle" is that because the new employee is coming in at an > entry level and only has an associates degree, Fair Labor Standards > Act dictates that she should be hourly. Her rate is above the minimum > weekly salary amount but we're looking for empirical, peer based proof > that someone with the following qualifications meets the definition of > a salary employee: > > * Associates of Applied Science in Technology Degree > * Second Associates (non-technology degree) > * Two years technology experience > * 20+ years non-technology experience > > The position is for an "IT Specialist" which is mainly geared towards > handling server and reporting requests with some programming along the > way. > > I'm reaching out to the list, especially those who have hired junior > positions in the past, to get some direction on that proof. > > Thanks! > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large > number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
