Ragtag,
At a certain point, overtime becomes irrelevant. If the company budgets a developer salary at a max of $100,000 per year, and they estimate they will have to pay $20,000 in overtime per year, they just offer their developers $80,000 a year (and the developers make overtime of $20,000), instead of offering them $100,000 a year (and not paying overtime).
Overtime is only important for strictly hourly workers, or lower income entry level workers who would be below a working wage if you cut overtime from their salary. So most places (at least in the U.S.), have a cutoff salary for overtime and other benifits requirements (say $100,000). The idea is, if you are making $100,000 a year or more, you really aren't the type of struggling worker that the labor laws were created to help.
At a certain point, overtime becomes irrelevant. If the company budgets a developer salary at a max of $100,000 per year, and they estimate they will have to pay $20,000 in overtime per year, they just offer their developers $80,000 a year (and the developers make overtime of $20,000), instead of offering them $100,000 a year (and not paying overtime).
Overtime is only important for strictly hourly workers, or lower income entry level workers who would be below a working wage if you cut overtime from their salary. So most places (at least in the U.S.), have a cutoff salary for overtime and other benifits requirements (say $100,000). The idea is, if you are making $100,000 a year or more, you really aren't the type of struggling worker that the labor laws were created to help.