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This calculation tells you whether a Connecticut non-exempt employee has overtime wages due for one workweek, and how much to pay for those overtime hours. Connecticut requires overtime for non-exempt employees only after 40 actual hours worked in a workweek. It has no general daily, weekend, or holiday overtime requirement unless an agreement or special industry rule provides otherwise.
The calculation matters for payroll review, invoice costing, labor budget checks, and wage-record accuracy. The Connecticut Department of Labor Wage and Workplace Standards Division administers and enforces Connecticut minimum wage, overtime, wage payment, prevailing wage, and minor employment laws. Connecticut employers must keep true and accurate time and wage records for each employee for three years, including daily and weekly hours and overtime wages as a separate item.
For a covered nonexempt employee, start with total actual hours worked in the fixed workweek. The FLSA workweek is 168 hours, made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and each workweek stands alone. Connecticut follows a weekly overtime structure: hours over 40 in the workweek must be paid at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay.
Example: a covered nonexempt Connecticut office coordinator works 49 hours in one fixed workweek at a $22.50 regular hourly rate. Regular pay is 40 hours times $22.50, or $900.00. Overtime pay is 9 hours times $33.75, or $303.75. Total gross wages for the week are $1,203.75 before taxes, deductions, reimbursements, or employer-specific additions.
Connecticut's minimum wage is $16.94 per hour effective January 1, 2026. At that rate, the minimum overtime rate is $25.41 per overtime hour because $16.94 times 1.5 equals $25.41. If an employee's regular rate is higher than the state minimum wage, calculate overtime from the higher regular rate, not from the minimum wage.
Classification is a separate checkpoint before the math. CTDOL lists overtime exceptions including agriculture, executive, administrative, and professional employees as defined by the Labor Commissioner, automobile salespeople, certain DOT-regulated drivers and helpers, and outside salespeople as defined by the FLSA. Connecticut guidance lists a $475 per week salary basis for EAP exemptions, while FLSA-covered employees generally need at least $684 per week plus the duties test; CTDOL says the higher or stricter applicable standard controls.
A calculator is enough when you need a single Connecticut overtime answer: one employee, one workweek, known actual hours, known regular rate, and clear non-exempt status. It is also enough for a quick payroll spot check, a wage-floor comparison, or a simple estimate before approving a timesheet.
A managed workflow is the better fit when overtime repeats across teams, projects, clients, or approval cycles. Everhour Reporting can surface overtime data in Team Hours and configurable reports, with grouping, filters, date ranges, exports, and scheduled email delivery. That gives payroll, finance, and managers the same reviewed hours instead of separate spreadsheet versions.
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Connecticut has no general daily overtime rule. The regular Connecticut overtime calculation is weekly: non-exempt employees receive overtime only after 40 actual hours worked in a workweek, unless an agreement or special industry rule provides otherwise. A 10-hour day does not create overtime by itself if the employee does not exceed 40 actual hours in the workweek.
Use the employee's regular rate of pay, subject to Connecticut's 2026 minimum wage floor. Connecticut's minimum wage is $16.94 per hour effective January 1, 2026, so the minimum overtime rate is $25.41 per overtime hour. Employees with a higher regular rate receive overtime at 1.5 times that higher rate.
The calculation uses actual hours worked. Under the federal baseline, the FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, including vacations or federal and non-federal holidays. Holiday or vacation pay is generally set by agreement, policy, contract, or state law, so paid time off does not automatically create overtime hours unless a controlling rule says otherwise.
No. Under the FLSA, each workweek stands alone for overtime calculations, and hours may not be averaged over two or more workweeks to avoid overtime. A Connecticut employee who works 46 actual hours one week and 34 the next still has 6 overtime hours in the 46-hour week.
Use the stricter applicable standard when state and federal rules both cover the employee. Connecticut CTDOL guidance lists a $475 per week salary basis for executive, administrative, and professional exemptions with duties tests. For FLSA-covered employees, the federal EAP exemption generally requires at least $684 per week on a salary basis plus the applicable duties test.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time into configurable reports with columns, grouping, filters, date ranges, exports, and scheduled email delivery. When overtime tracking is enabled, overtime data can appear in Team Hours and custom reports, giving payroll reviewers a consistent view of weekly overtime before wages are finalized.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then let managers approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted time. That supports a durable review trail when Connecticut records need daily and weekly hours plus overtime wages kept as separate items.
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