Most exempt status mistakes are duties-test mistakes. A CoAd HR specialist will check the role against the 2026 rules, fix the job description and tell you what back pay exposure looks like if it is wrong.
Salaried does not mean exempt. To skip overtime, a role has to clear three tests: a salary of at least $684 a week paid on a fixed basis, and duties that fit the executive, administrative, professional, computer or outside sales definitions. Most misclassification cases fail the duties test, not the salary test. Enter the pay and answer the duties questions for one role; the verdict names the test that fails. If the answer is non-exempt, the overtime audit covers what to pay.
CoAd HR reviews exempt status across your roles, writes the job descriptions that support it and fixes pay practices before an audit does.
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