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Overtime, in plain English.
Workzoom defines Overtime as follows. Overtime is the wage premium owed for hours worked beyond statutory thresholds (typically 40/week in the US, 44/week in Ontario, country-specific elsewhere). Miscalculated overtime...
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The short answer
Overtime is the wage premium owed for hours worked beyond statutory thresholds (typically 40/week in the US, 44/week in Ontario, country-specific elsewhere). Miscalculated overtime is the most common FLSA and provincial labour code violation. Workzoom calculates overtime per jurisdiction automatically using effective work rules tied to each position.
How Overtime works.
Overtime is time paid at a premium once hours cross a statutory or contractual threshold. That threshold may be daily, weekly, or averaged over an agreed period, and which applies is set by jurisdiction and sometimes by role or collective agreement. The calculation also turns on the regular rate, which in many jurisdictions must include non-discretionary bonuses and shift premiums rather than base pay alone.
Where Overtime goes wrong.
- Applying a weekly threshold where the jurisdiction sets a daily one, or the reverse.
- Calculating the premium on base rate when the regular rate must include shift and incentive pay.
- Averaging hours across a period without the written agreement the averaging rule requires.
Where Overtime sits between HR and payroll.
Overtime does not stand alone. The concepts most often paired with it on a Payroll run are Time and attendance, FLSA. Each is defined elsewhere in this glossary so you can trace the full chain without leaving the site.
How Overtime runs on Workzoom.
Overtime is part of the Workzoom Payroll Suite. Workzoom runs HR, workforce, and talent on a single employee record across ten countries: Canada, the United States, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, and the United Kingdom. Full gross-to-net payroll runs live in Canada, the United States, and the Bahamas. Pricing starts at $4 per employee per suite per month.
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