How To Calculate Overtime Pay for Hourly and Commissioned Employees

Posted on Mon, Apr 22, 2013

If commissions are earned during a workweek that includes overtime (i.e., work beyond eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week), such commissions are subject to the premium pay requirements.

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Ruling on Commissions Helps Employers

Posted on Fri, Mar 09, 2012

A California Court of Appeal sided with an employer in a recent lawsuit over unpaid overtime wages. Clarifying the definition of a commissioned inside salesperson, the court found that the employer properly classified the employees as exempt, and therefore owed the employees no overtime compensation. Muldrew v. Surrex Solutions Corp., 202 Cal.App.4th 1232 (2012)

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