I am an hourly employee in South Carolina. I work right around 35 to 40 hours per week currently. When the summer begins I will bringing in around 50+.
1. Is there a law in SC that says the employer is required to pay overtime?
2. If so what type of compensation?

My co-worker said that she was going to bring in 56 hours this week and when asked about overtime, she was told that "Since she was an hourly employee, she did not get any type of overtime pay other than her regular hourly wage."

3. Is this legal?
4. I keep hearing about EXEMPT and NON-EXEMPT. We are just regular hourly people. Houw would we know what we are? and what is the difference.


Thanks
Brandon

The overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the employee's regular rate, unless otherwise specified. SEE FSLA info.
from http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm#2
FYI
http://www.ddtwb.com/indexpage_10/EducationLawArticles.shtml
MINIMUM WAGE/OVERTIME PAY
There is no state law covering minimum
wage or overtime pay. These issues are
addressed by the federal Fair Labor Standards
Act which is enforced by the U.S. Department
of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. You may
contact this agency at 1835 Assembly St., Federal
Building, Columbia, SC, 29201, (803)
765-5981.
See State SC brochure http://www.llr.state.sc.us/Labor/employee.pdf