<prompt> Human: I recently received a 13 pay increase at work. My boss told me that come my next business travel season, I was going to be asked to travel much more than I had in the past, so my company wanted to compensate me for more work, which I thought was generous of them.A week later I received an HR email detailing the pay increase. In that email, HR disclosed that the minimum wage for exempt workers in NY had increased to 50,700year, the exact amount I was to be making after this raise. My employer basically lied to me about the reason k was getting this raise, it wasnt amount more travelwork, they were legally obligated to. Am I right to be annoyed by this? Is this something I could use to my advantage the next time I negotiate for a pay raise or promotion? Assistant: They werent legally obligated to, per se. They just as easily could have made you non-exempt with your previous salary. However, if your role does not meet the duties test or other exemptions, you could push to be made hourly and see if the overtime would be more than the 13 difference they gave you. Human: With my hours and weekendlate night travel I cant see them ever making me hourly. Id like to use it as a bargaining chip for the future though.  <response>: Exactly ilikepandasyays point. It sounds like if they had let you go non-exempt, paying you hourly would have cost them more than the 13 increase. 