Province: British Columbiaanswers
Overtime is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a week or 8 hours in a day.
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| Basis | daily overtime is calculated separately from weekly overtime; for weekly overtime only the first 8 hours worked by an employee in each day are counted (ESA s. 40(3)) | ||||||||
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| Applies to | employees not working under an averaging agreement under section 37 | ||||||||
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| Multiplier | 1.5 | ||||||||
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| Threshold daily hours | 8 | ||||||||
| Double time multiplier | 2 | ||||||||
| Threshold weekly hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Double time daily hours | 12 |
- Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 40 (supports multiplier, threshold_weekly_hours, threshold_daily_hours, double_time_multiplier, double_time_daily_hours, applies_to, basis, alternative_schemes[0], exceptions[1], exceptions[0], alternative_schemes[1])
40. (1) An employer must pay an employee who works over 8 hours a day, and is not working under an averaging agreement under section 37, (a) 1 1/2 times the employee's regular wage for the time over 8 hours, and (b) double the employee's regular wage for any time over 12 hours. (2) An employer must pay an employee who works over 40 hours a week, and is not working under an averaging agreement under section 37, 1 1/2 times the employee's regular wage for the time over 40 hours. (3) For the purpose of calculating weekly overtime under subsection (2), only the first 8 hours worked by an employee in each day are counted, no matter how long the employee works on any day of the week. … Overtime entitlement: When calculating overtime, daily overtime is calculated separately from weekly overtime. … This section does not apply to an employee who has signed and is working under a section 37 averaging agreement. Employees working under an averaging agreement are required to be paid overtime wages in accordance with section 37 of the Act. … Specifically, subsections 33, 34, 35 & 37 exclude certain employees from the hours of work and overtime provisions. … An employee who is defined as a “manager” under section 1 of the Employment Standards Regulation is excluded from the hours of work and overtime provisions of the Act, pursuant to section 34 of the Regulation. … If a collective agreement contains any provisions about hours of work or overtime that meet or exceed the requirements of Part 4, those provisions of the collective agreement replace the Act’s requirements for employees covered by the agreement.
Snapshot of the source as Juriset fetched it on - Supporting source: Overtime pay - Province of British Columbia (Employment Standards Branch) (supports multiplier, threshold_daily_hours, double_time_multiplier, double_time_daily_hours, threshold_weekly_hours, basis)
Employees are paid time-and-a-half for any time worked over 8 hours in a day, up to 12 hours – even if the employee does not work more than 40 hours in a week. Employees are paid double time for any time worked over 12 hours during a day. … Employees are paid time-and-a-half for any time worked over 40 hours worked in a week – even if an employee doesn't work more than 8 hours in a day. A week is from Sunday to Saturday. Only the first 8 hours worked in a day count towards weekly overtime.