Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
If I volunteer to work extra hours, do I get paid overtime?
I'm pretty sure I don't because I'm choosing to stay and work longer, but my boyfriend thinks that the extra hours I work count as overtime.
5 Answers
- JudithLv 76 years ago
Anything over 40 hours a week is overtime. If a person works overtime it doesn't matter if on a volunteer basis or they were told to work it FEDERAL law requires that a person be paid time and a half. Dept of Labor.
- 6 years ago
It depends on the state what counts as overtime. Some places if you work more you get it for working on longer shift in a day. What state are you in?
- ?Lv 56 years ago
Why don't you ask your supervisor if OT will be OK'd? Are you required to stay or are you choosing to stay on your own? Most employers don't/won't pay you just because you stay after quitting time and clock out later. They pay for the approved shift hours unless they make arrangements to do otherwise.
- SlickterpLv 76 years ago
If you work enough hours to qualify for OT based on your state's laws, yes. OT isn't based on whether you volunteer or not, it's based on the number of hours you work. Generally over 40 in a work week is OT
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Overtime is anything over 40 hrs in a pay week. What is your employers policy on overtime pay?