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This calculation tells you how much overtime pay a covered non-exempt Illinois employee earns when actual hours worked exceed 40 in one workweek. Illinois non-exempt employees are owed overtime only for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, and Illinois overtime is paid at time and one-half the employee's regular rate for qualifying hours over 40 in the workweek.
The result matters for payroll checks, wage complaints, job-cost reviews, and employee questions about Sunday, holiday, or long-shift pay. Illinois does not have a separate daily overtime trigger; Sunday or holiday work only becomes overtime if it pushes total hours above 40 in the workweek.
Start with total hours actually worked in the fixed workweek. Under the FLSA, each workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and each FLSA workweek stands alone. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks to avoid overtime.
For example, a covered non-exempt Illinois employee works 50 hours in one fixed workweek at a $25.80 regular rate. Regular pay is 40 × $25.80 = $1,032.00. Overtime hours are 10, and the overtime rate is $25.80 × 1.5 = $38.70. Overtime pay is 10 × $38.70 = $387.00, for total gross pay of $1,419.00.
Illinois' minimum wage is $15.00 per hour for workers age 18 and older beginning January 1, 2025, so a minimum-wage overtime rate is $22.50 per hour before any higher local wage applies. Tipped cash wages, youth wages, commissions, bonuses, and multiple rates can change the regular-rate calculation before the overtime multiplier is applied.
Do not treat salary status as an automatic exemption. Executive, administrative, and professional overtime exemptions in Illinois require the applicable duties test plus a salary level of no less than $684 per week. The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), through its Fair Labor Standards Division, administers Illinois minimum wage and overtime information, complaints, and enforcement contacts.
A calculator is enough when you have one employee, one completed workweek, clear hours worked, and a known regular rate. It also works for a quick check of whether Sunday or holiday work creates overtime. In Illinois, those days do not create time-and-one-half or double-time by themselves unless employer policy or agreement provides it or weekly hours exceed 40.
A managed workflow is better when overtime recurs, managers approve time, payroll needs an audit trail, or rates vary by worker. Everhour Overtimes supports daily and weekly overtime limits, 1.5x and 2x tiers, Team Hours overtime visibility, and payroll calculations based on employee hourly cost and tracked time.
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No. Illinois does not have a separate daily overtime trigger. A covered non-exempt Illinois employee earns overtime for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, not merely for working more than 8 hours in one day. Employer policy, a contract, or a collective bargaining agreement can provide a richer daily premium.
Illinois law does not require time-and-one-half or double-time merely for Sunday work. Sunday hours count as hours worked for the week, and they become overtime only when total hours worked exceed 40 in the workweek, unless the employer's policy or agreement provides a separate premium.
For workers age 18 and older, Illinois' minimum wage is $15.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2025. That makes the baseline minimum-wage overtime rate $22.50 per hour before any higher local wage applies. Employees with a regular rate above minimum wage use 1.5 times their regular rate.
No. The Illinois Department of Labor says private-sector employers cannot use compensatory time off instead of paying overtime. FLSA overtime is due on the regular payday for the period worked and cannot be waived by an employer-employee agreement.
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) handles Illinois minimum wage and overtime information, complaints, and related enforcement contacts through its Fair Labor Standards Division. For covered employees subject to both federal and state wage laws, the employee receives the greater benefit or more generous rights under the applicable laws.
Everhour Overtimes lets admins set weekly overtime limits and review overtime in Team Hours. When overtime tracking is enabled, Everhour's Payroll dashboard calculates overtime pay and gross pay from each employee's hourly cost and tracked time.
Everhour Timesheets let employees submit weekly project hours or working hours for approval. Managers can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted time so payroll uses reviewed entries instead of editable informal totals.
Set weekly overtime rules, review Team Hours, and send approved time into payroll checks with Everhour Overtimes for cleaner overtime pay calculations.
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