The Fair Labor Standards Act, states exempt employees __(blank)__. Question 13 Answer a. are those employees not covered by the overtime provisions of the act b. must be paid at the rate of one and a half times their regular hourly wage for time worked in excess of eight hours in a day c. include most hourly personnel employed in interstate commerce d. are required to be paid at the rate of one and a half times their regular pay rate for hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a week