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Overtime and payroll rules, explained by region.

Plain-English guides to how overtime actually works where your team is — the statutory baseline, the rate and threshold tables, and a worked example you can follow. Written for payroll admins and sourced from official government references.

Australia

Australia's Modern Awards Set the Overtime and Penalty Rates

How overtime works under the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards — ordinary hours, daily and weekly overtime, weekend and public-holiday penalty rates, with a worked example for a full-time week.

Reviewed 27 July 2026Read guide
Japan

Japan's 2019 Overtime Cap, and the Premiums Layered On Top

How overtime works under Japan's Labour Standards Act — the 8-hour day and 40-hour week, the 25% overtime premium, late-night and statutory rest-day rates, the 50% rate for monthly overtime beyond 60 hours, the 2019 statutory cap on how much overtime may be worked, and how the premium rates stack, with a worked example for a full month.

Reviewed 27 July 2026Read guide
Germany

Why German Law Sets Hours, Not Overtime Pay

Why German federal law sets no statutory overtime premium — the Arbeitszeitgesetz working-time limits (the 8-hour day, the 10-hour cap and the six-month averaging rule, the 11-hour daily rest and the Sunday and public-holiday ban), how premiums are actually set by collective agreements and contracts, and how the statutory minimum wage frames them, with a worked example for a heavy week.

Reviewed 12 July 2026Read guide
United Kingdom

The UK's 48-Hour Week, and How Workers Opt Out of It

Why UK law sets no statutory overtime premium — the Working Time Regulations 1998's 48-hour average week (with opt-out), the 17-week averaging reference period, daily and weekly rest, and rest breaks — how premiums are actually set by employment contract or collective agreement, and how the National Minimum Wage floors average pay, with a worked example for a heavy week.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the CAO Decides Overtime, Not the Law

Why Dutch law sets no statutory overtime premium — the Arbeidstijdenwet's daily and weekly working-time limits (the 12-hour shift and 60-hour week ceiling, the 4-week and 16-week averaging rules, daily and weekly rest, and Sunday work), how premiums are actually set by CAO or individual contract, and how the statutory minimum wage floors average pay, with a worked example for a heavy week.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
United States

One Law, Fifty Different Answers: the FLSA and State Overtime

How the federal Fair Labor Standards Act sets the US overtime floor — the 40-hour workweek, the time-and-a-half premium, the executive/administrative/professional, computer and outside-sales exemptions and their salary tests — with a worked example, and how state law can match or exceed that floor.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
California

California

How California's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — 1.5x daily overtime for hours over 8 up to 12 in a workday, double-time for hours over 12, 1.5x weekly overtime over 40 hours, and the seventh-consecutive-day rule — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Colorado

Colorado

How Colorado's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — 1.5x overtime for hours worked in excess of the greatest of 40 hours in a workweek, 12 hours in a workday, or 12 consecutive hours worked, with no averaging across workweeks and no comp time in lieu of overtime — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Alaska

Alaska

How Alaska's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — 1.5x daily overtime for hours over 8 in a workday as well as 1.5x weekly overtime over 40 hours in a workweek, with no pyramiding between the two, plus the small-employer, voluntary-flexible-work-hour-plan and named-occupation exceptions — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Nevada

Nevada

How Nevada's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a wage-based gate under NRS 608.018 where employees paid less than 1.5x Nevada's minimum wage get 1.5x overtime for hours over 8 in any 24-hour period as well as over 40 in a workweek, while employees paid at or above that threshold get only the federal-style 40-hour weekly rule — plus the mutual-agreement 10-hour/4-day exception and the statutory exemptions — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Kansas

Kansas

How Kansas's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a 46-hour weekly threshold under K.S.A. 44-1204 that applies only to employers and employees the FLSA does not already cover, plus the statute's public-safety work-period accommodation and other named exceptions — with a worked example showing how the same week can produce two different answers depending on which law governs.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Kentucky

Kentucky

How Kentucky's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a day-based statutory premium under KRS 337.050 requiring 1.5x for all hours worked on the seventh consecutive day of a workweek, an exception where the employee is not permitted to work more than 40 hours in that workweek, and the statute's named occupational exclusions — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Minnesota

Minnesota

How Minnesota's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a 48-hour weekly threshold under Minn. Stat. § 177.25 that applies only to employers and employees the FLSA does not already cover, plus the statute's health-care work-period, motor-vehicle-salesperson, on-farm-silo-construction, air-carrier and public-employer-compensatory-time provisions — with a worked example showing how the same week can produce two different answers depending on which law governs.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Oregon

Oregon

How Oregon's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a daily overtime trigger under ORS 652.020 limited to mills, factories, and manufacturing establishments (including canneries), 1.5x for hours over 10 in a day compared against the general 1.5x weekly standard under ORS 653.261 with the employer paying whichever calculation is greater, the 13-hour daily cap and 55/60-hour weekly caps, and the collective-bargaining carve-out — with a worked example showing how the same total hours can produce two different answers depending on how they're distributed across the week.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Rhode Island

Rhode Island

How Rhode Island's overtime law diverges from the federal FLSA floor — a day-of-week statutory premium under R.I. Gen. Laws § 25-3-3 requiring 1.5x for all hours worked on a Sunday or an enumerated holiday, independent of the 40-hour weekly threshold, the retail-business exclusion from the weekly overtime calculation versus the non-retail compounding interaction, and the statute's operational exemptions — with a worked example.

Reviewed 28 July 2026Read guide
Alabama

Alabama

How overtime works in Alabama: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Washington

Washington

How overtime works in Washington: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Connecticut

Connecticut

How overtime works in Connecticut: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Maine

Maine

How overtime works in Maine: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Massachusetts

Massachusetts

How overtime works in Massachusetts: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
New Hampshire

New Hampshire

How overtime works in New Hampshire: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Vermont

Vermont

How overtime works in Vermont: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
New Jersey

New Jersey

How overtime works in New Jersey: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
New York

New York

How overtime works in New York: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

How overtime works in Pennsylvania: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Illinois

Illinois

How overtime works in Illinois: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Indiana

Indiana

How overtime works in Indiana: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Iowa

Iowa

How overtime works in Iowa: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Michigan

Michigan

How overtime works in Michigan: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Missouri

Missouri

How overtime works in Missouri: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Nebraska

Nebraska

How overtime works in Nebraska: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
North Dakota

North Dakota

How overtime works in North Dakota: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Ohio

Ohio

How overtime works in Ohio: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
South Dakota

South Dakota

How overtime works in South Dakota: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Wisconsin

Wisconsin

How overtime works in Wisconsin: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Delaware

Delaware

How overtime works in Delaware: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
District of Columbia

District of Columbia

How overtime works in District of Columbia: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Florida

Florida

How overtime works in Florida: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Georgia

Georgia

How overtime works in Georgia: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Maryland

Maryland

How overtime works in Maryland: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
North Carolina

North Carolina

How overtime works in North Carolina: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
South Carolina

South Carolina

How overtime works in South Carolina: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Virginia

Virginia

How overtime works in Virginia: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
West Virginia

West Virginia

How overtime works in West Virginia: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Mississippi

Mississippi

How overtime works in Mississippi: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Tennessee

Tennessee

How overtime works in Tennessee: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Arkansas

Arkansas

How overtime works in Arkansas: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Louisiana

Louisiana

How overtime works in Louisiana: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Oklahoma

Oklahoma

How overtime works in Oklahoma: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Texas

Texas

How overtime works in Texas: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Arizona

Arizona

How overtime works in Arizona: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Idaho

Idaho

How overtime works in Idaho: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Montana

Montana

How overtime works in Montana: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
New Mexico

New Mexico

How overtime works in New Mexico: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Utah

Utah

How overtime works in Utah: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Wyoming

Wyoming

How overtime works in Wyoming: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide
Hawaii

Hawaii

How overtime works in Hawaii: the state follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act floor — time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek, with no daily overtime, no double-time, and no seventh-day premium — so the federal rules govern. Links back to the federal FLSA overtime guide for the full baseline.

Reviewed 29 July 2026Read guide