Rennie Norquist is a recent law school graduate. She is employed at Dillard Dobbs Dooley & Duncan, LLP, a 200 lawyer firm. Rennie is well paid at $98,000 per year. However, she thinks she should be paid overtime for all the hours she works because she spends over 70 hours a week researching the law and writing legal memoranda. Which of the following is a correct statement?
a. Rennie is eligible for overtime under the new FLSA regulations because she makes less than $100,000 per year.
b. Rennie is not eligible for overtime under the new FLSA regulations because, as a professional worker, she is exempt from overtime regulations.
c. Rennie is entitled to overtime because, as a recent graduate, she is in training.
d. None of the above choices is correct.
