U.S. overtime laws doesn't apply in Iraq

[maddezmom]

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Employees of U.S. companies working in foreign countries are not covered by federal overtime laws, said Ian Scharfman, a lawyer with Shellist, Lore & Lazarz.

Congress specially excluded them from the overtime laws, said Scharfman, who isn't connected to the case.

"The language of the statute is pretty unambiguous,'' added Chip Galagaza, a lawyer with Seyfarth Shaw in Houston, who also is not connected to the case.

On Friday afternoon, Salar Ali Ahmed, a lawyer who is representing Smith, said he was discussing the issue with his co-counsel, Melissa Ann Moore. Later, he called to say he was dismissing the case.

"And that's all I'm going to say,'' Ahmed said. "Just don't print anything.''

more: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/09/build/business/58-overtime-laws.inc

[LisaM]

1. Then again neither do federal tax laws..

from what I understand, many of these people work without paying taxes.

I'm not sure where I stand on this issue.