<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance, I hope this is the right place to post this. I am sure everyone here is aware of the new salary rule starting December 1st where anyone making less than 47,000 is required to be paid overtime. I work at a hotel on salary, however I make less than that threshold. My companys answer to this is to put me back to hourly, however they are saying that I must work 45 hours a week in order to make my salary. Apparently when we were hired we were told that there was an expected 45 work week, however since we were not clock in there was no way to track this until now. So my question is: is it legal that they are requiring overtime but not paying us any extra than before the changes? Assistant: It is legal to reduce your hourly wage so that youll have to work 5 hours of overtime to make the same amount that you make now. It is also legal to require that you work 5 hours of overtime per week.It is not legal to state that they wont pay you at 1.5x your normal hourly wage for the hours worked between 40 and 45.Human: That seems so crazy to me! How can they just decrease my salary without cause? Thanks for your reply.  <response>: Because you always have the option to find another job. They cant decrease your salary retroactively but unless there is some sort of agreement otherwise, like a union pay schedule or a contract, they can change your rate of pay up or down more or less at will. There are some laws in some states requiring X days notice, though. 