The second case involves Johnson. Johnson is a floor supervisor in the plant. 55
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Question
The second case involves Johnson. Johnson is a floor supervisor in the plant. 55% of the time he is engaged with ordinary production. However, 45% of the time he is engaged with supervising his zone, preparing schedules, and dealing with personnel disputes. If there is a problem, he is responsible for mobilizing his zone to resolve equitable. He also spends times meeting with his superiors in order to provide reports on efficiency of employees and on any other problems that have arisen. For this, he receives 10% more money than his subordinates. He had earlier been classified as an FSLA exempt employee. Now, he is challenging that designation. Although Weyland has a strict no-overtime policy, Johnson has been showing up to work early to drink a cup of coffee, smoke a cigarette, make sure schedules are prepared, doors are unlocked, and preparing workstations for the day ahead. He typically arrives an hour early to perform these tasks. Weyland knew that Johnson was coming in early, and working 45 hours a week.
Is Johnson an exempt employee? Be sure to list and discuss the applicable legal standards as well as some of the factors the court will consider.
Explanation / Answer
Answer: As per FLSA if the job is covered under FLSA then the employeee should be non exempt if he is getting a salary less than $23500. If he /she is getting more salary than he may or may not be non exempt. This is as per the standards laid down by the FLSA.
Also if the employee is on the supervisory dity for more than two workers than also he would be exempt category.
So in this case Johnson is an exempt employee.