Calculating federal overtime requirements is no easy task.  As such, the Department of Labor’s website provides a phenomenal resource to employers: the Overtime Calculator Advisor!

The Overtime Calculator Advisor provides employers with comprehensive info to understand federal overtime requirements.  We all know that the FLSA requires that covered, nonexempt employees in the be paid at least the federal minimum wage for each hour
worked and receive overtime pay at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.  Additionally, overtime pay is due on the regular pay day for the period in which the overtime was worked.  No matter what, the overtime pay requirement may not be waived by agreement.   Furthermore, absent only a narrow exception, the overtime pay requirement cannot be met through the use of compensatory time off.

The Overtime Calculator Advisor is a great resource for employer’s to understand their requirements under the FLSA overtime rules.  It’s a great starting point to ascertain the parameters of who should be receiving overtime, and how to effectuate such payments.