Nice job on the research. But keep something important in mind... there is still a lot of room for interpretation and trouble in those law quotes as follows:
Sometimes business owners mistake a technician for an engineer or give a tech the title of "engineer". Either one of those issues spells...
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You need to be really careful and check on the state laws in the US. Although highly educated, most engineers fall under the category of non-management workers. That means they technically need to get paid OT for anything over 40 hours (not including set lunch breaks).
For example, if I...