All Questions and Answers about Overtime

If I work 10 hours a day am I entitled to 2 hours of overtime for that day?
Normally we work 8 hours a day 5 days a week, but recently we have been working 10 hours days. During the memorial day period we had a paid holiday. The boss said we will not be paid OT for the ten ho...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 1, 2010 04:17 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Should I be a non-exempt employee?
Facts: I am employed as a web content developer, which comes down to I fill already structured (programmed) and designed websites with text and a few images (mostly cut & paste) and requires little to...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 4, 2010 6:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Subcontractors getting paid by the hour not by the job. Are we entitled to overtime?
I work for a company based on Ohio State campus that rents homes to college students. On a average week we work about 50 to 55 hours a week. But during the month of September while the kids are gone w...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 9, 2010 6:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

My actual job duties include more than 20% non-exempt tasks. What...
...is needed to demonstrate that they are "not an essential part of and necessarily incident to" my exempt duties. My non-exepmt tasks include: repair, maintenance, calibration, and cleaning of equipm...
3 answers  |  asked Feb 9, 2010 1:25 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

nanny overtime
I have a nanny who is scheduled to work 40 hours a week, with 1 wk sick, 1 wk vaca and paid holidays to start. Our family takes more than 1 week vacation every year, but cannot afford to pay her for t...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2010 11:23 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

I was not paid overtime for one and half years, how do i collect back overtime?
I beleive that my current employer willing didn't pay me overtime. What is the process and how do I proceed?
1 answer  |  asked Jan 27, 2010 09:37 AM [EST]  |  applies to Nebraska

I get paid 2 times a month, how is my overtime supposed to be calculated?
My pay period is from the 1st to the 15th and then the 16th to the end of the month. I get paid (hourly rate) on the 7th and the 22nd of each month. How should my overtime be calculated since sometime...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 20, 2010 5:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can a daycare require its employees to work overtime for straight pay weekly?
I'm not sure of what the annual gross for the company is and I know a little about the labor laws. The owners do not pay any of their hourly employees overtime for hours over 40 hours. Is this legal f...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 4, 2010 10:03 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

If a holiday falls not on my scheduled work week, am i allowed to work that holiday?
I work in a union and i have the most seniority than the other workers. I usually have Friday and Saturdays off, and Christmas this year falls on Friday. My employer scheduled me to work on Christmas,...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 24, 2009 12:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Do employers have to track salaried, NON-EXEMPT employee hours?
I believe I am NOT an exempt employee, while I am a computer programmer, I am only paid about 25$ per hour, but am paid on a salaried basis. My question is, is my employer required to track my hours a...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 16, 2009 10:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona