>The definition of a salaried worker in the US is having 40hrs of total work time averaged throughout a year. I think we got to the heart of things. This is ab

>The definition of a salaried worker in the US is having 40hrs of total work time averaged throughout a year. I think we got to the heart of things. This is absolutely not true! Not legally, and not in practice. There are Overtime exempt salaried positions and non-exempt positions [1]. An exempt salary position position pays more than $685/week and means you do the "the role" however your employer defines it. That can be 40 hours, 80 hours, or whatever they choose. It can require you live on-site for the whole year. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17a-overtime https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17a-overtime