Overtime is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a week or 8 hours in a day.
Version 1 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Multiplier
1.5
Alternative schemes
Group
employees in an industrial establishment where the nature of the work necessitates irregular distribution of the hours of work
Condition
the hours of work in a day and the hours of work in a week may be calculated, in such manner and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations, as an average for a period of two or more weeks (s. 169(2))
Threshold daily hours
8
Threshold weekly hours
40
Source:Canada Labour Code, s. 169(1)(a) (supports threshold_daily_hours, threshold_weekly_hours, alternative_schemes[0])
the standard hours of work of an employee shall not exceed eight hours in a day and forty hours in a week … Where the nature of the work in an industrial establishment necessitates irregular distribution of the hours of work of an employee, the hours of work in a day and the hours of work in a week may be calculated, in such manner and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations, as an average for a period of two or more weeks.