Overtime pay is 1½ times the employee's regular rate of pay. (This is often called "time and
a half.")
For example, an employee who has a regular rate of $8.00 an hour will have an overtime
rate of $12.00 an hour (8 × 1.5 = 12). The employee must therefore be paid at a rate of $12.00
an hour for every hour worked in excess of 44 in a week.
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