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This calculation answers whether daily overtime belongs in the pay calculation before you apply the federal weekly baseline. Under the FLSA, covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than 1.5 times the employee's regular rate. The federal baseline does not create daily overtime by itself.
The state question matters because more protective state wage laws control when they give the employee a greater benefit. If a covered worker is subject to both federal and state wage laws, compare the applicable daily rule, weekly rule, policy, contract, or union agreement before finalizing gross pay. A state list alone is not enough; worker category and coverage decide whether the rule applies.
A daily overtime state, policy, or contract uses a daily threshold before the weekly total is complete. The FLSA workweek still stands alone: it is a fixed and regularly recurring 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks to avoid overtime. That weekly baseline remains the backstop for covered nonexempt employees.
The common mistake is treating the words "daily overtime" as a payroll shortcut. Daily overtime is not a federal default, and Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or rest-day work does not require FLSA overtime pay merely because of the calendar day. Premium pay for those days comes from another applicable law, employer policy, contract, or representative agreement unless the hours also exceed 40 in the FLSA workweek.
For a simple federal baseline check, assume a covered nonexempt employee works 49 hours in one fixed FLSA workweek at a $27.20 regular hourly rate. Regular pay is 40 hours times $27.20, or $1,088.00. Overtime hours are 9 hours, and the overtime rate is $27.20 times 1.5, or $40.80. Overtime pay is $367.20, so total gross pay is $1,455.20.
If a more protective daily overtime rule also applies, calculate that rule without double-counting the same premium hours. The regular rate still matters: under the FLSA, the regular rate is total compensation for the workweek, excluding statutory exclusions, divided by total hours actually worked in that workweek. Bonuses, multiple rates, and other included compensation can change the rate used for the overtime multiplier.
A one-off calculator is enough when you need to check a single week, confirm whether the federal 40-hour baseline creates overtime, or compare a simple daily-rule scenario against weekly pay. It is also enough for a quick explanation to an employee when all hours, rates, and coverage facts are already confirmed.
A managed workflow is better when daily and weekly thresholds, approvals, edits, and payroll handoff repeat every pay period. Everhour can embed tracking controls inside supported project tools, sync project and task metadata, expose timesheets in supported workflows, and keep tracked time connected to payroll review instead of rebuilding overtime inputs from separate notes.
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No. The FLSA sets the United States federal baseline for covered nonexempt employees: overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed workweek at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate. It does not create daily overtime. Daily overtime comes from a more protective state wage law, policy, contract, or representative agreement when one applies.
Calculate the applicable daily rule and the FLSA weekly baseline, then use the result that gives the covered employee the required greater benefit under the applicable laws. Do not average two workweeks together, and do not count the same premium hour twice unless the applicable state rule, policy, contract, or agreement requires that treatment.
No under the federal baseline. The FLSA does not require daily overtime merely because one day is long; it requires overtime for covered nonexempt employees after 40 hours in a fixed workweek. A long day creates daily overtime only when a more protective state rule, employer policy, contract, or representative agreement applies to that worker.
Coverage, exempt status, workweek definition, state law, worker category, and any policy or contract exception change the answer. Job titles alone do not determine exempt status. Standard EAP exemptions require duties tests and salary-basis pay of at least $684 per week; the computer-employee exemption can also use $27.63 per hour, and outside-sales employees follow duties and location tests.
Not under the FLSA by itself. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, including vacations or federal or non-federal holidays. It also does not require overtime pay merely because work occurs on a holiday. Holiday premium pay is generally set by agreement, employer policy, representative or union contract, or state law.
Everhour integrates with tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and others, placing tracking controls inside supported workflows. Project and task metadata sync into Everhour, so timesheets keep the same work context that managers use when reviewing daily and weekly overtime inputs.
Yes. Everhour Overtimes lets admins set daily and weekly overtime limits, then review overtime hours in Team Hours. When overtime tracking is enabled, Everhour can surface overtime and double-overtime data in Team Hours and configurable reports before payroll review.
Use connected tracking instead of rebuilding daily and weekly overtime inputs by hand. Everhour embeds time capture in supported work tools and keeps timesheets tied to payroll review.
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