So I look at my schedule, see I have two days off in a row beginning of next week. AWESOME. got two days off at the end of next week. Also awesome.
But… Wait. I look at the weeks together, and I'm working 6 days straight, 3 on one week, 3 on the other. Since the days are split between 2 pay periods as defined by my employer, even though I'm gonna work 48 hours in less than 7 days, none of it is overtime.
This is like the third job that has done this and it feels like the whole purpose of overtime is defeated when my employer can just cleverly rig the schedule to still work me 6 full days straight without being required to give me overtime. It feels like this should be illegal.
My work week begins when that first day starts and doesn't end for 6 days regardless of when my employer hits refresh on their fucking bank account, for me the first of those 6 days is Monday and the last is Saturday.
Overtime should be required whenever you work more than 40 hours in any 7 day period, not just the one decided by the employer.