Hourly, Daily or Shift Basis
•The regulations also allow an employee’s earnings to be computed on an hourly, daily or shift basis, if the employer:
*Guarantees at least $455 per week paid on a salary basis, regardless of the number of hours, days of shifts worked; and
*A reasonable relationship exists between the guaranteed amount and the amount actually earned
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In addition, an employer can calculate an exempt employee’s earnings on an hourly, daily or shift basis, without losing the exemption or violating the salary basis requirement, if the employer guarantees that at least the minimum weekly required amount will be paid on a salary basis regardless of the number of hours, days or shifts worked, and there is a “reasonable relationship” between the guaranteed amount and the amount actually earned.