Michigan - Salary Deductions and no Overtime

[SlyGuyMI]

I have a couple of questions kind of all rolled into one. I work in a company that is a small division based in michigan, that is part of a large international aerospace corporation. I am a designer there, which is an exempt-salaried position. Benefits include 80 hours of vacation pay which can be taken in 4 hour increments, and 40 hours of sick pay which are usable in 1 hour increments.
I work atleast 40 hours a week, but generally even more than that. I am payed on a bi-weekly basis, but it seems my pay is actually calculated hourly on my pay check up till 40 then the rest of my hours are ignored. If I work 4 days at 9-10 hours and only put in 7 hours on that friday, 1 hour is automatically docked from my sick pay. This is the first thing that seems wrong, especially if my sick time is all used up, should I be expecting them to actually start reducing my paycheck amount? Secondly, I have been warned inadvance that I need to have vacation time or sick time set aside for the end of the year. I recieve holiday pay for christmas, and new years, but thay shut the doors for the few days in between, and "force" you to use your vacation/sick time or not get paid? I feel like I am being cheated here. I put in all kinds of extra time, and I still don't even get to use my alloted time off at my choosing, not to mention they start deducting from it even when I have 40+ hours a week.

Thanks in advance for any advice or thoughts,
Brian

[LConnell]

As an exempt person, you can have your sick pay or vacation pay docked when you take time off. What they can't do is dock you for partial day absences once you have used up your vacation and sick; that is, they can't without endangering your exemption status.

As an exempt professional, you are exempted from overtime requirements. Meaning that you can be required to work many additional hours without additional compensation.

As far as forcing you to use your vacation and sick for the time off between Christmas and New Years, it is legal for them to do that.

Let me know if you have any other questions.