Your overtime cannot drop your hourly pay below minimum wage, even if you are salary.
The Marine Corps laughs at your misconception.
Correct. In fact a salaried position is almost always offered at a significantly higher wage as negotiated than if it was an hourly wage job as it is expected of you to attend the expected times of work that would normally be overtime charged.
I doubt he was on the clock 24/7/365.
Correct.
To harm employees and employers, the Obama Dept of Labor raised the threshold for Exempt Salaried employment to $47,476 (not sure when, but it’s been a few years). Mr. $75,000 a year has no legal basis for his claim. He and his lawyer know it. This is blackmail scheme; guys who don’t get paid off could get talkative. Both need to take a swim in cement shoes.
Nice to know. They really need to let Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos this. And well all their employees.