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Texas Overtime Laws<\/h1>\n
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No matter how much you love your job, being paid is likely the reason you show up for work each day. If your employer doesn’t strictly adhere to wage and overtime laws, you may be losing money.<\/p>\r\n

Any work performed beyond a 40-hour week is typically paid at overtime rates. Most employees are entitled to compensation for overtime<\/a> as provided by federal and state law. In Texas, overtime pays at one and a half times an employee’s regular rate. If you work in Texas, it’s important to become familiar with Texas overtime law. Otherwise you might be losing money for unpaid overtime.<\/p>\r\n

The Effect of Federal Law on Texas Wages<\/h2>\r\n

You work in Texas, and are paid by a Texas business. However, both federal law and the Department of Labor have a lot to say about your wages and overtime pay. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)<\/a> of 1938 was created to provide a minimum standard for how employers across the United States must treat their employees.<\/p>\r\n

In its current form, the FLSA regulates minimum wages, overtime, child labor standards, and recordkeeping rules. States are can provide workers with more rights and benefits than offered by the FLSA, but not fewer. Texas overtime provision strictly follows the rules set in place by the FLSA. Therefore, Texas does not have its own overtime law. Any questions about enforcement or violations of overtime wages would be a question of federal law.<\/p>\r\n

Calculating Overtime in Texas<\/h2>\r\n

Under the FLSA and Texas Payday Law, employers must calculate the work week as a fixed schedule of a continuous, seven day, 24 hours per day schedule. It does not have to be Sunday to Saturday. It can start on any day of the week and end seven consecutive days later.<\/p>\r\n

State law says that overtime rules apply to employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek are entitled to compensation<\/a> for the excess hours, either by:<\/p>\r\n