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OVERTIME PAY CHECK

Notes: The overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the employee's regular rate, unless otherwise specified. The overtime premium pay is for nonsupervisory, nonfarm, private sector employers.

State Premium Pay after Designated Hours Day-Week
 Notes
ALABAMA

ALASKA    
 8            40
 Under a voluntary flexible work hour plan a 10 hour day, 40 hour workweek may be instituted with premium pay after 10 hours a day instead of after 8 hours. The premium overtime pay requirement on daily or weekly basis is not applicable to employers of fewer than 4 employees.
ARIZONA
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ARKANSAS
 N/A        40
 Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees
CALIFORNIA
 8            40
 Daily: 8 Over 12 (double time); Weekly: 40; on
7th day: First 8 hours (time and half) Over 8 hours
on 7th day (double time). Exceptions apply to an employee working pursuant to an alternative workweek adopted pursuant to applicable Labor Code sections and for time spent commuting.
COLORADO
 12          40
 Overtime provisions applicable to retail and service, commercial support service, food and beverage, and health and medical industries.
CONNECTICUT
               40 
 In restaurants and hotel restaurants, for the 7th consecutive day of work, premium pay is required at time and one half the minimum rate.
DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
               40
FLORIDA
                N/A
GEORGIA

HAWAII
                40
 An employee earning a guaranteed monthly compensation of $2,000 or more is exempt from overtime law.
IDAHO

ILLINOIS
                40
 Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees, excluding family members.
INDIANA
                40
 The overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the employee's regular rate, unless otherwise specified. Applicable to employers of 2 or more employees.
IOWA

KANSAS
                46 
 The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
KENTUCKY
                40
 The 7th day overtime law - separate from the minimum wage law - requires premium pay on the seventh day for those employees who work seven days in any one workweek. Compensating overtime is allowed upon written request by an employee. 
LOUISIANA
                 N/A
MAINE
                 40
MARYLAND
                 40  
MASSACHUSETTS
                 40
MICHIGAN
                 40
MINNESOTA
                 48
MISSISSIPPI
                 N/A
MISSOURI
                 40
 Premium pay required after 52 hours in seasonal amusement or recreation businesses.
MONTANA
                 40  
NEBRASKA

NEVADA
 8              40   
 Employer must pay 1 1/2 times an employees regular wage rate whenever an employee who is paid less than 1 1/2 times the applicable minimum wage rate works more than 40 hours in any workweek or more than 8 hours in any workday, unless otherwise exempted. The following amounts are the wage rates when daily overtime may be applicable: employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers and earn less than $10.87 per hour and employees earning less than $12.37 per hour who do not receive qualified health benefits. The rate for the coming year will be equal to the federal level for those workers with insurance and $1 more an hour for those without medical coverage.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
                 40
NEW JERSEY
                 40
NEW MEXICO
                 40
NEW YORK
                 40
N. CAROLINA
                 40
 Premium pay is required after 45 hours a week in seasonal amusements or recreational establishments.
N. DAKOTA
                 40
OHIO
                 40
OKLAHOMA

OREGON
                 40
 Premium pay required after 10 hours a day in nonfarm canneries, driers, or packing plants and in mills, factories or manufacturing establishments (excluding sawmills, planning mills, shingle mills, and logging camps).
PENNSYLVANIA
                 40
RHODE ISLAND
                 40
 Time and one-half premium pay for work on Sundays and holidays in retail and certain other businesses is required.
S. CAROLINA
                 N/A
S. DAKOTA
                
TENNESSEE
                 N/A
TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT
                  40
 The State overtime pay provision has very limited application because it exempts numerous types of establishments, such as retail and service; seasonal amusement/recreation; hotels, motels, restaurants; and transportation employees to whom the Federal (FLSA) overtime provision does not apply.
VIRGINIA
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WASHINGTON
                  40
 Premium pay not applicable to employees who request compensating time off in lieu of premium pay.
WEST VIRGINIA
                  40
WISCONSIN
                  40 
WYOMING 

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