Siding with an employee, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a daily-rate employee was entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) despite the fact he earned over.
High-earning employee is not compensated on salary basis when paycheck is based on daily rate calculated by number of days worked, Supreme Court held. Helix Energy Solutions Grp v. Hewitt. Employee cannot satisfy highly compensated employee exemption, must get overtime pay.