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13. DG and fake job titles

Have you ever met an Assistant Manager who does not manage anyone? Or how about a Vice President who is not in charge of anything? Companies often give employees fancy job titles as a way to trick them out of overtime pay. The fake job title indicates that the person in that position does the kind of work that would exempt them from overtime pay. Reality is – these job titles are often deceptive because the company just does not want to pay overtime.

For example, the Dollar General Store company gave employees pseudo titles such as Store Managers. But these managers did very little managing and a lot of hard labor like sweeping and stocking shelves, etc. A class action was brought on behalf of 1,424 managers and the company had to pay them $35 Million in unpaid overtime pay due to the bogus job titles. If you have a job title, make sure it accurately describes what you really do. It could be a trick to make you think that you are not entitled to overtime pay.

More: http://www.ottingerlaw.com/2013/01/5-tricks-companies-use-to-avoid-paying.html