Faye Is a Recent Law Graduate Employed as an Associate

Faye is a recent law graduate employed as an associate attorney at The Firm,a law firm with close to 200 employees.Faye is paid $98,000 per year.Like most associates,she regularly works 60 or more hours a week.She thinks she should be provided overtime compensation for all of the extra hours of work she puts in per week.Which of the following is most likely to be true in this case?

A) Faye will be eligible for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations because she makes less than $100,000.
B) Faye will not be eligible for overtime pay because as a professional, she is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
C) Faye will be eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act because any firm with more than 150 employees is required to pay all of its employees for overtime.
D) Faye will not be eligible for overtime pay if it can be shown that she pays less than $25,000 toward income tax.