The payment of overtime is required by state statute and cannot be waived by agreements with employees. Time off cannot be exchanged for overtime earned. Most truck drivers or drivers' helpers. Some agricultural workers. Motion picture theatre workers.
Some salaried employees are exempt from the payment of minimum wage and overtime.
For these employees, the salary covers all hours worked in any week in which the employee works the major part of the week. Most employees of counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of the state must be paid one and one-half times their regular rate for any hours worked over 8 in one day or 40 in one week. Overtime is then calculated on this hourly rate. State law sets 10 hours as a maximum that employees may work in one day in mills, factories, or manufacturing establishments. The law, however, does allow for an additional three hours of work per day to be paid at one and one-half times the regular rate of pay.