In Helix Energy Sols. Grp., Inc. v. Hewitt, 143 S. Ct. 677 (2023), the Supreme Court held that the salary-basis test for certain exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act is not met when the employee at issue is paid a day rate, even when the day rate exceeds the required minimum weekly salary level. More specifically, the Department of Labor regulation setting out the salary-basis test requires predetermined weekly compensation for the FLSA’s overtime exemption for executive employees. The Court held that this rule applies only to employees paid by the week or longer, and therefore is not met when an employer pays an employee by the day. The case is important because, inter alia, it shows that even highly compensated employees can be entitled to overtime pay if they are not paid on a salary basis. 

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