What Is Overtime?

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Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. An employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required under federal and/or state overtime law to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work.

Employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must generally receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. Some states also have enacted overtime laws. Where an employee is subject to both the state and federal overtime law, the employee is generally entitled to overtime according to the higher standard (i.e., the overtime law standard that will provide the higher rate of pay).

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