[d3nj4l]

AIUI almost all salaried employees are exempt from overtime pay in the US.

[duskwuff]

This is only accurate inasmuch as most salaried employees are overtime exempt for other reasons (e.g. because they are executive or administrative professionals). Paying employees a salary, on its own, does not make them overtime exempt.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17a-overtime

[kube-system]

Is there ever a situation where it makes sense to pay fixed salaries to non-exempt employees?

[duskwuff]

One that comes to mind is an on-site caretaker position (e.g. on a remote property), where the employee is effectively being paid to be available, not to do a certain number of hours of work.

[yamazakiwi]

Sometimes overtime bonuses get used as an incentive for salaried employees to work more but I guess it's more a bonus than overtime pay.