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Under California law, most tech writers are non-exempt, no matter how
much we're paid. It's a specific exception in the law. Here's the
court case that tested it:
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> The last time I looked, writers making less than $42/hr were classified as
> non-exempt and had to receive OT pay. That was a few years ago, so I don't
> know if that number is still the same or if it has been indexed.
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