To be exempt from overtime pay, an employee must (1) perform certain defined job duties ("the duties test") and (2) be paid a fixed salary that meets or exceeds the state or federal salary threshold ("the salary basis" test). Most Washington workers are covered by state and federal laws, which offer different versions of the duties test, and different thresholds for the salary basis test, creating a confusing web of sometimes conflicting laws. But change is here, and with it comes at least some clarity.
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