Definition of 'carpetbagger'. carpetbagger (kÉËÊ³pÉªtbÃ¦gÉÊ³ ) If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
An employer only records and pays for time if employees work in full 15 minute increments. An employee paid $10 per hour is scheduled to work 8 hours a day Monday through Friday, for a total of 40 hours a week. The employee always clocks out 12 minutes after the end of her shift.
Thus, if an employee is paid $600 a week in salary, the employee's overtime rate of pay is computed by dividing $600 by 40. In that example, $15 per hour is the employee's regular rate of pay.For each hour worked over 40 hours a week, the employee is entitled to be paid $22.50 an hour. Employees are presumed to be entitled to overtime pay, and, under California and federal law, the employer, not the employee, has the burden of proof to show that it properly paid the employee. 2  An employee's right to overtime pay does not depend on whether an employee is salaried.