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Doug Plass

Employment attorney at Idaho Employment Lawyers in Boise and co-host of the Ground Rules: Employment Law Over Your Coffee Break podcast; former chef and restaurant owner.

Jun 21, 2026

18:03
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18:10
Yeah, I mean, so there's a number of reasons why you want to pay, you know, salaries, right, to folks.
18:16
You know, you want to make sure that you have coverage, right? So you want to make sure that things are done and that if they have to work in excess of 40 hours, they will, and they're the person that you go to in that.
18:28
You want to avoid having to track their hours, right, and having to keep track of all that stuff and potentially avoid paying them overtime.
18:36
But what's important is...
18:39
You can pay someone a salary, but just paying someone a salary doesn't automatically make them exempt from overtime.
18:49
You have to satisfy two things.
22:19
So, you know, HR

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