If the employer makes less than one-and-a-half times minimum wage, they get overtime for working more than 8 hours in a 24 hour period.  Such an employee would receive overtime for the hours past 8 in this 24-hour period, since the workweek is not relevant to the obligation to pay overtime to those earning less than 1.5 times minimum, when they work more than 8 hours in 24.If the employee earns more than 1.5 times minimum wage, then hours worked in any given 24-hour period are irrelevant: all that matters is how many hours are worked in a work week. Such employees get overtime for working more than 40 hours in one work week, regardless of hours worked in any 24-hour period.