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Tech firm learns the hard way: Don’t switch employees to exempt once they hit a pay threshold

09/01/2007

Aerospace contractor Ball Corp. agreed to pay out almost $1 million to 900 employees to settle a U.S. Labor Department complaint. The problem: The company switched top-tier hourly workers to exempt status once employees reached the top of the hourly pay scale. They were also required to work through lunch without pay ...

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