noun
- Employees who are not exempt from overtime pay requirements under labor laws; workers entitled to receive overtime compensation.
Usage: plural form; chiefly used in employment and human resources contexts; contrasts with 'exempt' employees who are not entitled to overtime pay
Examples
- The company must track hours carefully for all nonexempts to ensure proper overtime payment.
- Nonexempts are entitled to time-and-a-half pay for hours worked beyond 40 per week.
- HR classified the new positions as nonexempts rather than exempt roles.
- Our payroll system automatically calculates overtime for nonexempts.
- The labor audit revealed that several nonexempts had not been paid overtime correctly.
- Nonexempts must clock in and out to document their work hours.