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federal and state laws require most employers to pay overtime the overtime premium is 50 % of the employee s usual hourly wage this means an employee who works overtime must be paid time and a half the employee s usual hourly wage plus the 50 % overtime premium for every overtime hour workedthese laws contain many exceptions so not all employees are entitled to overtimelthough the vast majority of employers must pay overtime not all are required to to figure out whether you must pay overtime first determine whether you are covered by the federal fair labor standards act flsa the federal wage and hour law that sets out the overtime rules
Thus, if an employee is paid $600 a week in salary, the employee's overtime rate of pay is computed by dividing $600 by 40. In that example, $15 per hour is the employee's regular rate of pay.For each hour worked over 40 hours a week, the employee is entitled to be paid $22.50 an hour. Employees are presumed to be entitled to overtime pay, and, under California and federal law, the employer, not the employee, has the burden of proof to show that it properly paid the employee. 2  An employee's right to overtime pay does not depend on whether an employee is salaried.