We have a relatively new boss. When he first started he was hourly, he would always come in about 2 hours earlier than his schedule and got overtime pay. He found out that he was going to have to have surgery on his neck so he asked to go salary so he would get 100% disablilty. He is back now and has gone back to coming in early. He is getting overtime pay when no other salaried personnell gets overtime. How does overtime work when you are an exempt employee.

He found out that he was going to have to have surgery on his neck so he asked to go salary so he would get 100% disablilty.

I do not understand what this means. To my knowledge being paid on a salaried basis is unrelated to being disabled or receiving disability pay.

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When most people say Exempt, they mean Exempt Salaried, generally under one of the White Collar exceptions. Assuming that is what you are talking about, then there is no legal requirement in the law that any overtime be paid. Ever.
White Collar exceptions (http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/main.htm)

There are actually something like one hundred or so Exempt classification exceptions, most of which are not paid on a Salaried basis and for which payment on an exact hours worked basis (with no OT premium occurs). Most of these exceptions tend to be very industry specific and they are not what most people are talking about when they use the word Exempt.

I think with this company if you are a salaried employee you get 100% disability from the company. With this company, I guess all salaried staff is considered exempt. None of them receive overtime. None

I think with this company if you are a salaried employee you get 100% disability from the company. With this company, I guess all salaried staff is considered exempt. None of them receive overtime. None

That's not impossible. It's possible the employer pays ONLY exempt employees on a salaried basis.