Exempt workers are on payroll, but they do not have to punch the clock because they are not paid by the hour.

These are employees who are paid on an hourly basis and have to “punch the clock;” should they be required to work more than eight hours in a single day, they have to be paid at the time and a half rate.

“Eagles don't punch the clock,” says Harry, 63.

It’s those more privileged workers, however, who are now facing more pressure, even mandates, to work from the office and figuratively punch the clock.

Mere hours after finishing a concert, usually after little to no sleep, he would slip back into his Postal Service uniform and punch the clock.