Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Job titles unto themselves do not determine whether overtime pay is applicable. One must look to the US Department of Labor (Fair Labor Standards Act) guidelines insofar as compensation and job duties are concerned.

FLSA guidelines govern this area of law and you should speak with an FLSA attorney.

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There are 2 issues I would look at:

1. HOW do they pay you? Just hourly or weekly "salary"? If you work say 30 hours or 32 hours do you still get the same weekly "salary" or are you only paid X per hour times however many hours you work? This could determine the whole overtime issue.

2. WHAT do you do? You say you are an engineer (junior) so I figure you have a college degree. But what do you do? Do you really make important decisions, do skilled work that requires your degree, or just check the math done by others to be sure there are no errors?

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