Employment laws regarding pay are designed to protect employees from being unfairly treated in regards to the amount of pay that they receive for the amount of work that they have done. For instance, federal law requires for every hourly employee to be a paid a minimum of $6.55 an hour as of 2008. In July of 2009, minimum wage is going to be raised again to over seven dollars an hour. However, in the case of salaried employees or those on commissions, there is a possibility of their overall ﾑper hour' average to be below minimum wage. Employment laws regarding pay also require for hourly employees to be paid one and a half times their regular hourly pay for every hour over 40 which is worked within a seven day period. In regards to overtime pay, again employees who work for commissions or who are on salary are often considered to be ﾑexempt.' In cases where there is a dispute over whether or not the employee is exempt, most of the time the burden of proof rests with the employer.