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federal and state laws require most employers to pay overtime the overtime premium is 50 % of the employee s usual hourly wage this means an employee who works overtime must be paid time and a half the employee s usual hourly wage plus the 50 % overtime premium for every overtime hour workedthese laws contain many exceptions so not all employees are entitled to overtimelthough the vast majority of employers must pay overtime not all are required to to figure out whether you must pay overtime first determine whether you are covered by the federal fair labor standards act flsa the federal wage and hour law that sets out the overtime rules
One employee whose base salary was $54,554 earned an additional $45,799 in overtime, for an estimated total of $100,353 over the reporting period. Another employee was paid $76,566 in base salary but earned an additional $84,175 in overtime, for a total of at least $160,741.Capitol Police Chief Phillip Morse has taken repeated steps to decrease the amount of overtime, which costs about $53 an hour, according to testimony.ven department employees who appear to be making entry-level salaries â $56,243 for a newly trained recruit, $63,064 for a private first class, according to the Capitol Police website â brought in six-figure salaries on several occasions during the period.