In Sweden, the solstice is tied to the celebration of Midsummer, though the date is set at June 24 every year while the date of the summer solstice moves. Whether you stare at the sun, feast, drink or dance, be sure to enjoy the solsticeâthe days only get darker from here.
For covered, nonexempt employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires overtime pay (PDF) to be at least one and one-half times an employee's regular rate of pay after 40 hours of work in a workweek. Some exceptions apply under special circumstances to police and firefighters and to employees of hospitals and nursing homes.
For full-time employees on compressed work schedules (5-4/9 and 4/10), overtime hours are all hours officially ordered and approved in excess of the compressed work schedule; e.g., an employee on a 4/10 schedule who is ordered to work 1 hour of overtime will work 11 hours on that workday.or an employee whose rate of basic pay does not exceed GS-10, step 1, the hourly overtime rate is 1 1/2 times his or her hourly rate of basic pay, including locality or special salary rate but exclusive of pay of any other kind (e.g., night differential, cost of living allowance).