Overtime Periods for the US

The overtime period defines the starting date and length of the default workweek for a payroll's nonexempt employees.

Use them to determine overtime calculations.

What Is a Workweek

You must define one or more workweeks for use in calculating overtime. It is a regularly recurring period of 168 hours (seven consecutive 24-hour periods). It doesn't have to be at the start of a calendar week or begin at the start of a day. It can begin on any day and at any hour.

For most employees, the workweek represents the longest period for which an overtime determination can be made. Different workweeks may be defined to support different organizations or employee types, but once defined and implemented, they're not meant to be changed.

You must define one or more workweeks in your overtime period.

What Is an Overtime Period

You define an overtime period as a time definition through the Time Definitions task. Define as many overtime periods as your organization's employment structure requires, such as overtime periods for different facilities or groups of employees. You can use any time definition of Static type and Element allocation usage to express this period of time.

For this kind of overtime period	Do this
Standard 7-day workweek	Create a Static time definition. Select Weekly for the period basis.
Nonstandard workweek	For employees who don't follow the standard 8 hours a day, 7 days a week workweek, such as law enforcement and firefighters: Define a Time Span definition that defines the period type. Define the overtime period. Specify the starting date and the length of time of the period.

For this kind of overtime period

Do this

Standard 7-day workweek

Create a Static time definition.
Select Weekly for the period basis.

Nonstandard workweek

For employees who don't follow the standard 8 hours a day, 7 days a week workweek, such as law enforcement and firefighters:

Define a Time Span definition that defines the period type.
Define the overtime period.
Specify the starting date and the length of time of the period.

For further info, see Create Overtime Periods for the US in the Help Center.

What Is the Default Overtime Period

You assign a default overtime period for individual employees through the Overtime Period field at their payroll relationship or assignment levels. A time period set at the assignment level overrides a period on the payroll relationship. If you don't enter a value in Overtime Period, the payroll process uses the payroll definition's payroll period to calculate the premium rate.

How You Can Override the Default Period

You can associate an overtime period with a payroll definition through the Payroll Definition task. Selecting a time definition in the override field overrides the default period for any employee assigned to that payroll.