Back in 2012, my colleague Bill Pokorny discussed how to properly pay a non-exempt employee who worked two jobs for an employer. This past week, one of my other colleagues and I were discussing a twist on this situation: what if an exempt employee works in a non-exempt job, or vice versa? As Bill and Ed Druck discussed during our recent higher education wage and hour webinar, this situation is not that uncommon. A non-exempt school district employee might perform exempt duties as a coach, or perhaps an exempt administrator might drive a bus. At one of my former employers, our receptionist doubled as our graphic designer for a couple of years. How should you pay employees who perform both exempt and non-exempt duties? Are “mixed duty” employees ever entitled to overtime?
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