Overtime - Maryland

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.

Most Maryland employees will be paid one and one half times their regular rate of pay for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

Bowling alley employees and employees of institutions that care for the sick, elderly and mentally ill will be paid one and one half times their regular rate of pay for time worked in excess of 48 hours per workweek.  Theatre employees must be paid time and one half after 40 hours.  Agricultural employees must be paid one and one half times their regular rate of pay after 60 hours in a workweek.

State

Contact

Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Labor and Industry

Regulations

Labor and Employment Articles of the Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment Article, Title 3, Subtitle 4

Part III, Section 4-415 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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.