Overtime - Arizona

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

An employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work. Employees covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest.

Extra pay for working weekends or nights is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative). The FLSA does not require extra pay for weekend or night work or double time pay.

Arizona provides for overtime compensation after 40 hours per week for law enforcement personnel.  The employer may choose to pay one and one-half the regular rate or to allow one and one-half hours of compensatory time off for every hour over 40.  However, if the employee's job classification does not require overtime compensation, the employee is eligible for hour for hour compensatory time off.

State

Contact

Industrial Commission of Arizona, Labor Department

Regulations

Chapter 2 Employment Practices and Working Conditions, Title 23 – Labor, 23-392.

Federal

Contact

The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors hours worked.

Regulations

U.S. labor regulations for hours worked can be found in CFR 29 Part 785.