Top 10 Overtime Questions – Part II
Paying overtime may be expensive, but not paying it properly can create even more liability for your organization. In our previous post, we focused on five overtime questions (numbered one through five), including what the basic overtime requirements are, whether overtime must be paid for weekend work, and how overtime is calculated. In this post, we address five more common overtime situations, numbered as questions six through ten. You will find out when overtime has to be paid in holiday or vacation weeks, whether compensatory time off can be given instead of overtime, when unauthorized overtime should be paid, and what the penalties are for noncompliance. 6. Are employees entitled to overtime in weeks they receive holiday pay or take vacation? Not unless the employee actually works more than 40…