Alex Do you get paid if you work more than your normal hours?
Many employees receive payment if their employer asks them to work more than their normal hours. Whether this overtime is factored into the employee’s salary, or will be paid at the employee’s normal rate of pay (at least the minimum wage rate) or a higher rate of pay, the arrangement needs to be agreed to by the employer and the employee.
How many hours can a salaried employee work?
If your employees are salaried, how many hours can they work? And are salaried workers ever entitled to overtime pay? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not limit the number of hours per day or per week that employees 16 years and older can be required to work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
When do you get paid straight time for overtime?
Straight Time Pay is when employers pay an employee their regular rate of pay even when they are working overtime hours; when overtime pay should in fact be time and a half. Our firm routinely receives inquiries from workers who are just paid their regular rate of pay or “straight time” for…
Why are there no guaranteed hours of work?
Jenna has no guaranteed hours of work and said “no” to a shift because she couldn’t arrange childcare. Her employer then reduced the number of shifts she was offered, and gave her all the unpopular shifts because she said “no”.
Is the employer required to pay for all hours worked?
Under Chapter 388, HRS, Payment of Wages and Other Compensation Law, an employer is required to pay for all hours that an employee works, however, any additional pay for work performed on a holiday is at the discretion of the employer.
Straight Time Pay is when employers pay an employee their regular rate of pay even when they are working overtime hours; when overtime pay should in fact be time and a half. Our firm routinely receives inquiries from workers who are just paid their regular rate of pay or “straight time” for…
Do you get paid for every minute you work?
Simply put, so long as you are a nonexempt employee, your employer must pay you for EVERY minute you work, and pay you time and a half for every minute you work over 40 hours.
Can a contractor be paid at straight time?
Workers who are treated as Independent Contractors, but are really employees. Workers who are employed through staffing companies and told they will be paid at straight time for all hours worked, instead of the time-and-a-half required under state and federal law.