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The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to ‘Please Do Not Feed the Animals'. Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.
Complain to the United States Department of Labor. I got a letter from them and a nice check from the company that cheated me. It was in 1986.
http://www.dol.gov/
A company cannot just compel everyone to be an exempt employee.
There are definitions in the Wage and Hours act that designate what an exempt employee can and cannot be. If your friend's job duties and responsibilities do not match, he is really non exempt and entitled to overtime. I would really question the legality of all employees being exempt.
In Colorado an employee can be terminated for any reason at any time except if it is for discrimination as defined in Federal law, age over 40, sex, religion, national origin. The employee is entitled to unemployment compensation. If discrimination, the employee would be entitled to damages and/or getting the equivalent job back
Now retired, I was a Chief Financial Officer with personnel reporting to me.
Take a look in the phone book for attorneys in your area specializing in this type of work.