I have been paying our employes time and a half on hours worked over 40 per week. Is this standard at most shops? I have been getting complaints because some companies give time and a half on daily hours worked. Thus if a worker puts in 9 hour days for 4 days and takes a vacation day that week, I should still be paying overtime on 4 hours. ( our vacation days are paid for 8 hours)
Opinions ??
Local law dictates what you must do. Anything above and beyond is strictly your generosity. Our shop pays rate x 1.5 for anything past
40 hours in a week. Are you in a bind bad enough employees will leave if they don't get their overtime for more than 8 a day? Are the employees earning the extra, or are they just looking for a tit to suck? Not saying they are, but we don't know either way. You have to decide what you think is fair, and then be consistent. It helps to keep in mind it's easier to give a bonus when the cashflow allows than to pay a constant wage whether the money's in the bank, or not.Later,
Charlie
Looking up our state laws, It turns out that we are required to pay 1.5 x over 40 hours. I am certainly going to point that out.
I am also going to point out what we are NOT required to give our employees:
paid vacations bonus and profit sharing IRA plan full health benefits flexible vacation times sick pay
All of which we do provide now, and to make matters worse, we see an annual increase in health insurace of between 12-20%.
In our shop you get 1.5 after 40 hrs unless you arrange for a day off with a weeks notice. Then you get 1.5 after 8 and you get the day(s) off with 8hrs.
All that, and you have enough work to avoid layoffs? My, your grass is green. ;-) Got any openings?
Later,
Charlie
Just hire illegal's then you don't have to do any of that. And you can bid the work 40% cheaper, after all they do the work Americans wont do, bush says it's ok.
If I had any openings, I would hire myself as an employee.
But then who would be the guy that works his ass off for dirt, and then takes the dirt home to grow peanuts in? You'll have a much harder time finding someone to fill the slot you vacate.
later,
Charlie
"jimz" wrote in news:POLsg.118626$H71.103170 @newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
In our company, for hourly... 1.5x over 40. 2x over 50 or the seventh working day, whichever applies. However, a normal work week is 38.75 hours. (non paid 20 minute lunch, 5 min overlap at shift change)
In New Zealand i'm paid a flat rate, currently do around 45 ish, sat work if want to Holidays = 3 weeks per year (am lucky can take when want too, just not when extremely busy, need to give advanced notice, need to write info on calender also or boss will forget!) becomes 4 weeks sometime in the next year Sick days 5 days per year (acculumate to a max of 20 days) incl brevement, family sickness, etc
Frequently companies will pay ot over 40 for a holiday[32 reg+8 hol+xxhours ot worked], but not for sick time or vacation time. Kinda depends how much they need you to work the ot.........
That sounds right.
Where I used to work, I wrote a payroll interface to the accounting program.
Basic rules:
It takes 40 hrs of work or used vacation time to make a week.
It doesn't matter how many hours you work (or use vacation) on any day since only the total weekly hours over 40 will be paid overtime.
Sundays were a bit tricky. Double time on hours over 48 except if saturday work was not available and you had 40+ hrs on end of shift Friday and the company required you to work Sunday.
Wes S
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