What are the rules for paying salary employees overtime?
In California, employers must pay their salaried employees overtime when they work more than 8 hours in one day or more than 40 hours in one workweek. Overtime must be paid at one and a half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 8 in a single day and for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Additionally, an employer must pay double their employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 12 in one day and for all hours worked over 8 in the 7th consecutive day of a workweek. For example, if an employee has been working for 11 hours in one day and for six hours for the past 7 days, the employer must pay double the regular rate of pay for the additional two hours worked on the 11th day. Employers must also pay their salaried employees double their regular rate of pay on holidays, Sundays and on their scheduled rest days. They must also pay their salaried employees double their regular rate of pay for any hours worked beyond eight hours up to and including 12 hours in one day, and two times the regular rate of pay for any hours worked beyond 12 hours. Finally, employers are not allowed to make deductions from an employee’s pay if they do not work the full 40 hours in one workweek. Employers must pay the employee for the hours they worked, even if the hours are less than what was scheduled for that workweek.
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