text: can an employer legally make you work 9 hour days 5 days a week without paying you time and a half?   according to the department of labor, unless exempted from the overtime regulations, employees covered by the act must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rates of pay.  for more information visit the department of labor web site: http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/xj&sdn=jobsearch&zu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dol.gov%2fesa%2fregs%2fcompliance%2fwhd%2fwhdfs23.htm  overtime payunder the fairpay rules, workers earning less than $23,660 per year ($455 per week) are guaranteed overtime protection.  the rules also have overtime exemption for "highly compensated" employees who customarily and regularly perform any one or more of the exempt duties or responsibilities of an executive, administrative, or professional employee. the limit is $100,000.  for more information visit the department of labor web site: fairpay web site:  http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/xj&sdn=jobsearch&zu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dol.gov%2fesa%2fregs%2fcompliance%2fwhd%2ffairpay%2fmain.htm  employment law guide on the minimum wage and overtime pay: http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/minwage.htm