How to Calculate Construction Overtime
Few work-related issues divide workers and management more than overtime pay: workers love it; management loathes it. Federal labor law mandates minimum compensation of 1.5 times a construction worker's normal hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a week, so managers push to keep overtime hours to a minimum, even if it mean extending a job into a new week or using a smaller crew. Calculating overtime is a relatively simple process that allow workers and management to stay on the same page.
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Add up the total number of hours worked by the worker during the workweek; the official workweek is 40 hours, usually composed of five days, eight hours each.
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Subtract 40 hours from the total hours worked to determine the amount of overtime hours worked.
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Multiply the number of overtime hours worked by 1.5 times the worker's regular hourly wage to determine overtime earnings.
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Robert C. Young began writing professionally in 1989 as a copywriter for an advertising specialty company. From 2000 to 2007 he operated a real-estate development and construction company. His work has been published online at SFGate and various other websites. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in economics from Georgia State University.