<prompt> Human: Girlfriend is dental assistant and is on salary for quite a bit less than the 47k threshold for not paying overtime. They regularly work over 40 hours a week now Monday through Friday. Dentist that run this small practice are now asking employees to rotate working on Saturdays as well for 20hour. She gets paid 19hour now, so overtime should be at least 27hour. They are asking to pay them for the additional Saturday on a separate check as well. Sounds kind of shady to me. She is worried about bringing any of this up with employer because she might get fired, as she has seen them do with other employees that speak up. What are her options and things to consider moving forward? If she brings it up with employer, what should say or not say?Thanks for any help!!Update: Located in Texas. Assistant: Its my understanding that salary employees dont get paid overtime, which is why salary employees typically make more in their base salary. If she is hourly then that would be a completely different scenario. Human: I am reading that starting December of 2016 an employee must earn at least 47,476year to not be paid overtime and she falls in that category.  <response>: That change was never enacted. Its still at 25k or whatever its been for years. 