Calculate How Much Overtime an Employee Is Owed

FAQs

• Does an employer have to factor vacation time, sick time or other PTO into the regular rate of pay?

• Does an employer have to pay its employees overtime if they work on a Saturday or Sunday?

• Does an employer have to pay its employees overtime if they work more than eight hours in a day?

• Does an employer have to pay its employees overtime if they work the night shift or the graveyard shift?

• Does an employer have to pay its employees overtime if they work on a holiday?

• May an employer require its employees to work overtime?

• May an employer provide comp time instead of monetary payment for overtime?

• Must an employee be paid for overtime if he or she was not authorized to work extra hours?

• Must overtime be paid according to a Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule?

• Must an employer pay overtime to part-time employees?

• If an employee is out on vacation or on sick leave and then works hours outside his or her normal working schedule, must he or she be paid overtime?

• What is the difference between a discretionary bonus and a nondiscretionary bonus?

• May overtime be averaged out over two or more weeks?