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What is overtime pay?

Overtime pay is the extra money you earn for working beyond your regularly scheduled working hours. It's meant to reward your extra effort and is an important aspect of many employees' compensation packages.

In the United States, workers protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are entitled to overtime compensation when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek, at a rate of at least one and a half times their standard pay rates. 

How does overtime pay work?

Here's the basic idea: If you usually earn $10 per hour, when you work overtime at time and a half, you'll get paid $15 per hour for those extra hours. Employers do this to ensure you're compensated fairly when you work longer than usual.

Let's expand the above example. We'll say that you're earning $10 per hour, and you work ten extra hours on top of your 40 regular hours in a single week. Assuming you receive time and a half for your overtime, your weekly pay might look like this:

You'll need to check your contract or ask your employer about the terms of your overtime pay. Laws about overtime pay vary in different countries and states, so make sure you know which rules apply. If you don't know what your hourly rate is, you can use our salary to hourly calculator to work it out.

Let's take a look at the most common rates of pay for overtime…

Double time

Double overtime pay is like an extra reward for employees who put in additional hours or work on holidays (personal holidays or public holidays). The rules for double-time pay can differ depending on the job, the company, and where you live.

How to calculate double time

If you are paid by the hour, you can calculate your double pay by multiplying your hourly rate by 2. 

Let's go back to our example. Jane earns $12 an hour. So, when she gets paid double time, her hourly rate increases to $24 per hour (12 x 2) for the additional hours.

Let's take a look at what the overtime entitlements are in the U.S. and how they can vary by state...

Who is entitled to overtime?

The federal government has established specific protections for employees in the United States, as stated in the framework Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). This act serves as the foundation to which employers must adhere. In essence, employees who work beyond 40 hours in a single week are entitled to overtime pay.

According to federal law, overtime pay is set at a rate of one and a half times the regular wage (time and a half), although this is merely the minimum requirement. Employers have the flexibility to offer a more generous overtime rate if they choose to do so.