Many overtime violations in California happen when an employer is supposed to pay time-and-a-half. This applies if you work more than eight hours in a day, for example. If you were earning $20 an hour and you worked for nine hours, you would deserve $30 an hour for that final hour. In many states, time-and-a-half is as much as you can ever receive for overtime. But California is different. The law stipulates that workers sometimes need to be paid double their normal wage, which is known as double time. What are some examples of when this could apply? Working more than 12 hours To start with, eight hours is considered a normal workday, and exceeding that leads to overtime pay, as noted above. But if you go past 12 hours in a single day, then it bumps up to double time. If you worked 13 hours straight, for example, you would receive your standard wage for the first eight hours, time-and-a-half for the next four hours and double time for the final hour. 7 consecutive days You also want to consider how many consecutive days you have worked. Once you reach the seventh day in a row, double time kicks in as soon as you go over eight hours on that specific day. So you would receive your standard wages for the first eight hours and then double time for anything beyond that, skipping time-and-a-half entirely. Your rights as an employee Do you think that your employer has been paying you improperly based on the hours that you have worked? If so, take the time to carefully consider all of your legal options.The post When even time-and-a-half is not enough first appeared on JCL Law Firm, APC.
