Meanwhile, the new, proposed overtime pay scale last year (that got tossed out by a federal judge days before starting) continues corporate America's goldmine strategy with salary-paid jobs. The Department of Labor proposed new pay scales for salaried positions that do not receive overtime pay. A bunch of states (influenced by corporate bean counters) sued the department and a federal judge denied the new pay scales from going into action. There are still American jobs that sometimes require more than 40 hours a week, but the company is not required to pay that person more during those weeks. Before you say the employee isn't very efficient having to work 40 plus hours a week every so often (yes, those people are out there), remember, not every office, size of staff or duties are the same in every office. But corporate America continues its brilliancy of only paying for 40 but knowing they have X number of employees who put in 50 plus every so often for the good of the company.