I just gave permission to someone so they can contact my previous empoyer. It was asked on the aplication.
It is up to the employer.
You originated this thread, but the topic is completely different, so it would have been best to start a new one. Maybe the moderator will extract your post and my reply and put them in a new thread.
Legally required double time exists only in California, so far as I know.
There are companies that will exceed the requirements of the law and pay it even though not legally required to do so. There aren't many of them.
Colorado over 12 hours a day, I think.
For some reason the software is not permitting me to move the posts into their own thread. But I concur that a new topic should have been a new thread.
Colorado requires time and a half after 12 hours. Only California ever requires double time.