1. Employees who are not exempt from overtime pay requirements under labor laws; workers entitled to receive overtime compensation.
Usage: plural form; chiefly used in employment and human resources contexts; contrasts with 'exempt' employees who are not entitled to overtime pay

Examples

• The company must track hours carefully for all nonexempts to ensure proper overtime payment.
• Nonexempts are entitled to time-and-a-half pay for hours worked beyond 40 per week.
• HR classified the new positions as nonexempts rather than exempt roles.
• Our payroll system automatically calculates overtime for nonexempts.
• The labor audit revealed that several nonexempts had not been paid overtime correctly.
• Nonexempts must clock in and out to document their work hours.