First, you may need to determine which employee types are eligible for overtime pay. Next, to calculate overtime pay you need to know the ‘regular rate of pay’ which includes more than just an employee’s hourly wage. Determining the Regular Rate of Pay The regular rate of pay includes...
Double-Time vs Overtime -- The difference in California If you are a non-exempt employee in California, you are entitled to overtime pay (1.5 times your hourly rate of pay) or possibly even double-time pay for working extra hours. This chart illustrates overtime and double-time pay: ...
v. Superior Court, where an employer agrees to pay employees premium pay for holiday work, the employer is not required to pay overtime based on the premium rate if the employees work more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week. It states that the employer is entitled to credit...
Overtime Pay 1.5 times your regular rate of pay for working more than 8 hours in a workday or more than 40 hours in a workweek 2 times your regular rate of pay for working more than 12 hours in a workday Rest and meal breaks A paid 10-minute break for every 4 hours worked An un...
1. Employers must pay the “regular rate of pay” as calculated for overtime purposes when paying premium pay for missed meal and rest breaks. As wepreviously reported, the California Supreme Court inFerra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLCheld that the “regular rate of compensation” owed as pr...
In a major decision that may cause most California employers to change how they calculate meal and rest period premium pay, the Supreme Court held that the “regular rate of compensation” is the same as the “regular rate of pay” that California requires for overtime pay. As a result, ...
Daily or other type of overtime pay (just means that overtime is not "double counted"). Extra pay for 6th, 7th day pay or holidays provided that the pay is 1.5 the employees normal rate. That is, if you receive 1.5x for holiday work, you won't also get 1.5x if that work was ...
Also, you must include all forms of compensation when calculating the regular rate of pay. This means that when an employee is entitled to a meal period premium, rest break premium, or overtime pay, you must consider all forms of compensation – bonuses, etc., – to determine the rate of...
Under both federal and state law, overtime compensation owed to a nonexempt employee must be based on the employee’s “regular rate of pay.” That regular rate includes not only the employee’s standard hourly rate but also an incremental portion of any nondiscretionary bonus paid to the ...
employees working directly with convicted criminals or who provide emergency services such as dealing with hazardous spills or medical rescue. These occupations frequently require more than 40 hours a week in crisis situations. Overtime pay at one and one-half times a regular hourly rate is required...