'payment you get for working overtime' Which is appropriate? 1. overtime charge 2. overtime compensation 3. overtime premium 4. overtime wage 5. overtime allowance 6. overtime pay 7. overtime payment 8. any other?
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overtime pay would be the most common way to express the idea.
— Ron In Ohio
overtime pay would be the most common way to express the idea.
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In my country some or industries pay with an hourly rate.
So if you exceed the normal agreed work hours and are required to work more hours, then you get paid overtime at "penalty rates" which is an agreed hourly rate in excess of your normal work hours.
Yes, Itasan, in the U.S. it is almost always time and a half. Howevever, it will depend on what state you are in (and what your contract says, if you have a contract) whether the overtime starts after 8 hours in one day, or 40 hours in one week, or 80 hours in a two-week period, etc. I think (though I'm not certain) that the most common is for overtime (aslo called OT) to start after 40 hours in