( April 24, 2025, 10:27 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — An employment agency that a split Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled improperly classified a pipe inspector who was provided guaranteed pay each week and paid his hourly amount for work performed in excess of eight hours as a “salaried” worker exempt from overtime is asking for panel reconsideration or rehearing en banc, arguing that the opinion conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court and circuit court precedent, “involves questions of exceptional importance” and does not conform with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) “unambiguous language” for salary basis regulations....