RE: Average Hours Worked

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

I believe that both snips below are (substantially) correct. 

Andrew Plato said: 
> When you are hired as a salaried person, you're not being 
> hired for 40 hours of work. You're being hired to get a 
> job done. And if that job takes you longer than 40 hours, 
> then you should start considering ways to reprioritize your 
> work such that you CAN get it done in 40 hours. 

Eric Dun replied:  
> A *CONTRACTOR* is hired to get a job done
> if there is a deliverable. If there isn't one deliverable 
> contractor and salaried employee are hired to work at a 
> reasonable pace, for the standard number of hours per week, 
> for a reasonable pay.

According to my readings of material on the U.S. Department 
of Labor Web site (www.dol.gov), a salary may be based on 
a fixed number of hours a week (such as 35 or 40 or 45) or 
it may be based on a clear understanding on the part of 
the employer and employee that the hours per week will 
fluctuate. 
(Note: my interpretations are based on passages 
related to how to calculate overtime, since that is where 
searches on "salary" and "salaried" took me.) 

Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

 

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