More and More Employers Are Using an Overtime Loophole to Pay People Less

Congratulations on your new role as manager. But before you celebrate, you may want to ask your boss a few questions—and do some quick math.

Employers are increasingly giving workers phony job promotions and creating lofty-sounding managerial titles to avoid paying overtime wages. That’s according to new research from a trio of economists at Harvard University and the University of Texas-Dallas who reviewed online job postings and compensation data from 2010 through 2019. READ MORE