I think you're saying that salaried employees are exempt from overtime, which is not true (in the US). Everyone is eligible for overtime if they're paid hourly

I think you're saying that salaried employees are exempt from overtime, which is not true (in the US). Everyone is eligible for overtime if they're paid hourly. Certain classes of jobs are exempt from overtime if they're salaried. For example, an Amazon warehouse can't make a picker salaried and then demand free overtime hours. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime/fact-sheets https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime/fact-sheets has the breakdown of can be overtime exempt. As a couple of examples, blue-collar workers and first responders can not, in general, be overtime exempt.