Misclassification of the employees is one of the biggest examples illustrating how employers cheat and violate the labor rights of their employees. Under the FLSA, an employee is entitled to overtime pay (hours worked in access of 40 per week) "at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay." This rule, however, does not apply to "exempt" employees. An employer may classify his/her employee as exempt and refuse to pay him/her overtime pay.