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This calculation tells you the overtime wages due to a covered, non-exempt Georgia employee for one fixed workweek. Georgia DOL directs wage-and-hour users to the FLSA for minimum wage and overtime standards, and federal overtime is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
For Georgia, the core question is weekly: did the employee work more than 40 hours in a fixed 168-hour workweek? Federal overtime applies on a workweek basis, so there is no general daily overtime trigger or automatic weekend, holiday, or rest-day premium unless weekly overtime is worked.
For a single hourly rate, split the week into regular and overtime hours. Regular hours are paid at the regular rate up to 40 hours. Overtime hours are paid at at least 1.5x the employee's regular rate. Each FLSA workweek stands alone, so you cannot average a 45-hour week with a 35-hour week to erase overtime.
Example: a covered, non-exempt Georgia employee works 45 hours in one fixed FLSA workweek at a $26 regular rate. Regular pay is 40 × $26 = $1,040. Overtime pay is 5 × $39 = $195. Total gross pay for that workweek is $1,235 before taxes, deductions, or separate policy-based premiums.
Georgia's state minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, but Georgia DOL says the federal minimum wage applies with limited exceptions. For FLSA-covered workers in Georgia, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and generally overrides the lower Georgia state rate. That wage floor also matters when checking the regular rate behind an overtime calculation.
Do not treat a long day by itself as Georgia overtime. A 10-hour Monday and three 8-hour days total 34 hours, so the FLSA weekly overtime trigger is not reached. By contrast, six 8-hour days total 48 hours, so 8 hours are overtime even if no single day exceeds a special daily threshold.
A one-off calculation is enough when you have one employee, one rate, one complete workweek, and no dispute about hours worked. It is also enough for a quick payroll check before entering the final number into another system. The result still depends on the employee being covered and non-exempt.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when several people submit time, managers correct entries, or payroll needs a defensible approval trail. Everhour Team Management supports lock rules, admin time correction, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, approval workflow, roles, project assignments, team groups, and team-wide time policy defaults.
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No general daily overtime trigger applies under the FLSA baseline used for Georgia overtime. Covered, non-exempt Georgia employees are paid overtime for hours worked over 40 in a fixed workweek. A long shift can still matter because it adds to weekly hours, but the federal trigger is weekly overtime.
Use the employer's fixed and recurring FLSA workweek: 168 hours, or seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The workweek can start on any day and hour, but once set, each workweek stands alone. Hours may not be averaged across two or more weeks to avoid overtime.
Use the regular rate, not just the base hourly rate when other includable pay is present. For salaries, commissions, piece rates, or mixed earnings, the regular rate is total non-excluded weekly remuneration divided by total hours actually worked in that workweek. Then multiply that regular rate by 1.5 for overtime hours.
No. FLSA overtime is due on the regular payday for the period worked and cannot be waived by employer-employee agreement. Compensatory time off generally does not substitute for overtime pay except in special circumstances for state and local government employees.
Exemption depends on category, pay method, pay level, and duties. Executive, administrative, and professional exemptions generally require at least $684 per week on a salary or fee basis plus duties tests. Outside sales uses a sales-away-from-business duties test with no salary-level requirement. Job titles alone do not decide exemption status.
Everhour Team Management includes manager notifications and approval workflow, lock editing after approval or after a chosen period, and admin time correction for team members. Those controls help keep Georgia weekly overtime reviews tied to approved hours before payroll uses the totals.
Use Everhour Team Management to approve, correct, lock, and review weekly time before payroll. Everhour keeps overtime checks tied to controlled team records.
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