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This calculation answers whether overtime pay is due after you separate exempt employees from covered nonexempt employees. Under the FLSA federal baseline, covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in one fixed workweek. Exempt employees are not paid FLSA overtime when they meet the applicable exemption requirements, so classification is the gate before any multiplier applies.
The result matters for payroll review, budget checks, and employee questions about a paycheck. It does not replace a full exemption analysis, because job titles alone do not determine exempt status. For standard executive, administrative, and professional exemptions, the federal baseline requires both duties tests and salary-basis pay of at least $684 per week.
Start with the worker category. Standard EAP exemptions under DOL Fact Sheet #17A require the correct duties and salary-basis pay of at least $684 per week. The computer-employee exemption can use that $684 per week salary basis or $27.63 per hour. Outside-sales employees qualify under duties and location tests, with no salary-level requirement.
A common mistake is treating a salary as automatic overtime exemption. A salaried employee who fails the duties test, salary-basis requirement, or applicable exemption rule remains nonexempt for FLSA overtime purposes. When federal and state wage laws both cover the employee, the employee receives the greater benefit or more generous right under the applicable laws.
For a covered nonexempt employee, the FLSA workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring 168-hour period: seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Each workweek stands alone, and hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks to avoid overtime. The regular rate is total compensation for the workweek, excluding statutory exclusions, divided by total hours actually worked.
For example, a covered nonexempt employee works 49 hours in one fixed FLSA workweek at a $27.20 regular hourly rate. Regular pay is 40 x $27.20 = $1,088.00. Overtime is 9 hours at 1.5 x $27.20, or $40.80 per hour. Overtime pay is $367.20, so total gross pay for the week is $1,455.20.
A calculator is enough for a one-time check when the employee is already classified, the workweek is fixed, the hours are complete, and the regular rate is straightforward. Use it to explain why a covered nonexempt employee with 49 hours receives 9 overtime hours, while an employee who validly meets an FLSA exemption does not receive FLSA overtime.
A managed workflow is needed when classification, approvals, daily and weekly thresholds, double-time tiers, or payroll handoff recur every pay period. 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. Under the FLSA federal baseline, standard executive, administrative, and professional exemptions require both duties tests and salary-basis pay of at least $684 per week. Job titles alone do not determine exempt status, and a salary does not remove overtime rights when the employee remains covered and nonexempt.
Covered nonexempt employees get overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a fixed FLSA workweek. The rate must be at least 1.5x the employee's regular rate of pay. Exempt employees do not receive FLSA overtime when they meet the applicable exemption requirements.
No. FLSA overtime due to a covered nonexempt employee cannot be waived by employer-employee agreement. It is due on the regular payday for the period worked. Compensatory time off generally does not satisfy private-sector FLSA overtime obligations, except in special circumstances for state and local government employees.
No. The FLSA does not require overtime pay merely because work occurs on holidays, Saturdays, Sundays, or regular days of rest. The federal trigger is hours worked over 40 in the workweek unless another law, employer policy, contract, or representative agreement provides a greater benefit.
The first mistake is classifying by title or salary label instead of the applicable exemption test. If an employee is treated as exempt but does not meet the required duties, salary-basis, salary-level, or category-specific rule, the payroll calculation changes to covered nonexempt overtime for hours worked over 40 in the FLSA workweek.
Everhour Overtimes lets admins set daily and weekly overtime limits, review overtime in Team Hours, and calculate overtime pay from employee hourly cost and tracked time. This supports payroll review after the team decides which employees should be tracked as overtime-eligible.
Everhour Reporting can show overtime and double-overtime data in Team Hours and custom reports when overtime tracking is enabled. Reports can be filtered, grouped, and exported to CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF for payroll review and record checks.
Set clear overtime rules, review Team Hours before payroll, and use Everhour Overtimes to turn tracked hours into cleaner overtime visibility and gross pay checks.
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