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- Companies are getting away with not paying their workers for overtime, a new NBER paper shows.
- That's because of a loophole in federal law where employers don't have to pay managers overtime.
- Companies have also been cutting pay for other workers by classifying them as contractors.
It's not just workers who can exaggerate their job titles — their employers are doing it too, and it's to avoid paying them for their work.