Does the overtime between working 8 to -12 hours also get applied to a 40 hour work week overtime?
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Does the overtime between working 8 to -12 hours also get applied to a 40 hour work week overtime?
Or is it exempt from a 40 hour work week? My work week is from Friday-Thursday. Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I worked 8 hours (40). I worked 12 hours on Saturday (52). Does that translate to 32 hours of regular time and 16 hours of overtime? In other words +4 OT because of exceeding 8hours in a day on Sat; and then 12hours of overtime (Thursday = 8 and half of Wednesday = 4) because worked hours exceeded 40 hours in a 168 consecutive work week?
Asked on July 25, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
Aryeh Leichter / Leichter Law Firm, APC
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
An employee must be paid overtime for all hours worked during a workweek in excess of the applicable daily maximum (8 hours) -OR- in excess of the applicable weekly maximum (40 hours), whichever number of hours is greater--it's one or the other, not both.
Assuming that the Saturday in which you worked the 12 hours is the 2nd day of your Friday-Thursday week and not the 9th, your total number of overtime hours in excess of the applicable daily maximum is 4. Your total number of overtime hours in excess of the applicable weekly maximum is 12.
You should therefore be compensated for 40 hours at your regular hourly rate and 12 hours at your overtime rate.
Ari Leichter
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