I think this is a good rule. In the '90s I worked on a government contract where the company moved as many people as possible to salaried positions so they wer

I think this is a good rule. In the '90s I worked on a government contract where the company moved as many people as possible to salaried positions so they weren't covered by area wage and overtime provisions of the contract. We had people losing significant portions of their income when the company decided it could get away with the reclassification. There's a lot of grey area in job classifications, and companies will run with it if you give them the chance. They have to, in fact, because the competition will.