Best Wage and Hour Lawyer Reply: If I’m a salaried employee, can my employer deduct pay when I take a half a day off from work? Am I entitled to time and a half pay for working 50 hours per week at my job? Can my boss just call me an executive or a professional to avoid paying me overtime pay?Today’s Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) example is about a sushi chef, Alex Y. Kim, who sued his employer, Umami Grill & Sushi, LLC and its owner Jennifer Zilliox, because he was not paid overtime for working more than 40 hours per week. This underpaid employee not only sued on his own behalf, but he also sued on behalf other chefs or cooks who are responsible for preparing and serving food at the same employer. Bringing a claim on behalf of other employees under the FLSA for wage