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Just found out we don’t get 1.5x pay for overtime

I saw on my schedule I was working 44.5 hours next week. It sucked but at least I was gonna get some overtime pay (or so I thought). I ask my boss to double check we do and it turns out that time and a half isn't a thing with the employees here. I did a little digging into my state labor laws (Michigan) and found out that non exempt workers have to get paid 1.5x your normal pay if you work more than 40 hours. I can't do anything about it right now as I haven't gotten paid for that week but I do plan on reporting it to the department of labor if what my boss said was true.


I saw on my schedule I was working 44.5 hours next week. It sucked but at least I was gonna get some overtime pay (or so I thought). I ask my boss to double check we do and it turns out that time and a half isn't a thing with the employees here. I did a little digging into my state labor laws (Michigan) and found out that non exempt workers have to get paid 1.5x your normal pay if you work more than 40 hours. I can't do anything about it right now as I haven't gotten paid for that week but I do plan on reporting it to the department of labor if what my boss said was true.

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