MSU employees are either exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or non-exempt.

Exempt:

• To be exempt means an employee’s job meets the test criteria for an executive, administrative, or professional exemption and the employee is not covered by the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA.

• These employees are not paid overtime or granted compensatory time for hours worked over 40 in a work week.

Non-exempt:

• Non-exempt positions are found in clerical/secretarial, technical/paraprofessional, skilled crafts, service maintenance, and temporary positions.

• Non-exempt employee are paid overtime for the hours actually worked in excess of 40 in the workweek at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rates of pay, or granted compensatory time off for the overtime hours.