So an employer could make someone work 400 hours of overtime for a couple of years, yet never pay them the overtime rate. They could do this by reducing the emp

So an employer could make someone work 400 hours of overtime for a couple of years, yet never pay them the overtime rate. They could do this by reducing the employee's hours in the third year, so that averaged over 3 years no overtime was due. That sounds like a great deal... for the employer.