a five day week with breaks
- Monday hours
- 8.5
- Tuesday
- 8.5
- Wednesday
- 8
- Thursday
- 9
- Friday
- 7.5
- Saturday
- 0
- Sunday
- 0
- Unpaid break each worked day
- 45
- Hourly rate
- $22.00
- Overtime after this many hours a week
- 40
- Overtime multiplier
- 1.5
Hours worked37.75
41.5 clock hours less 3.75 of unpaid breaks is 37.75, which keeps the week under the 40-hour FLSA threshold, so all of it pays at 22: 830.50. Worked by hand.
Open this examplea six day week crosses into overtime
- Monday hours
- 9
- Tuesday
- 9
- Wednesday
- 9
- Thursday
- 9
- Friday
- 9
- Saturday
- 6
- Sunday
- 0
- Unpaid break each worked day
- 30
- Hourly rate
- $22.00
- Overtime after this many hours a week
- 40
- Overtime multiplier
- 1.5
Hours worked48
boundary: 51 clock hours less 3 of breaks is 48, so 8 hours over the threshold at 22 x 1.5 = 33, which is 264. Deducting breaks before testing the threshold is what decides this, and doing it the other way round would have paid overtime on 11 hours.
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