Overtime pay is governed by federal and state law. The federal law is called the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). These federal and state laws provide that employees should get overtime pay unless they fall into specific narrow exceptions.
Under these laws, an employee must be paid time-and-a-half (overtime) for each hour worked over 40 in a week. This rule does not apply to someone who falls into one of the exemptions.
California provides even more overtime pay protection.
If you work in California, you not only get time-and-a-half for each hour worked over 40 in a week, you also get 1.5 times your normal rate for each hour over 8 worked in a day, plus double time for each hour worked over 12 in a work day, an unpaid 30 minute meal break after 5 hours, and a 10-minute rest break every 4 hours. Those are the basics of overtime pay.
Some employees are exempt from the overtime pay rules such as those who manage multipe employees, or professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
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