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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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Basis
the employer shall pay the greater of the total of overtime pay calculated on a daily basis and the total of overtime pay calculated on a weekly basis (s. 2-17(2)(d)); "Employees receive whichever is greater – overtime earned by the day or overtime earned in the week."
Applies to
all employees and employers in Saskatchewan, other than excluded employees
Exceptions
Category
employees whose primary duties consist of actively engaging in farming, ranching or market gardening activities
Condition
Part II (Employment Standards) does not apply, subject to subsections (2) and (3) and to the regulations, to "those employees whose primary duties consist of actively engaging in farming, ranching or market gardening activities" (s. 2-3(1)(a)); egg hatcheries, greenhouses, nurseries, bush clearing and commercial hog operations are deemed not to be farming, ranching or market gardening (s. 2-3(2))
Multiplier
1.5
Alternative schemes
Group
employees whose employer schedules their work for 10 hours in a day for no more than four days in a week
Condition
overtime after "10 hours in a day if the employer schedules the employee’s work in accordance with clause (2)(b)", i.e. "10 hours in a day for no more than four days in a week" (s. 2-18(1)(b)(ii), (2)(b))
Threshold daily hours
10
Group
employees who work, on average, fewer than 30 hours per week
Condition
"Notwithstanding section 2-17 and subsection (1), but subject to subsection (5)", overtime is owed if the employee works on average fewer than 30 hours per week and works more than eight hours in a day; does not apply where a union and the employer have agreed on the hours before overtime is paid (s. 2-18(4), (5))
Threshold daily hours
8
Group
employees working in accordance with a modified work arrangement
Condition
overtime for hours that exceed "(a) the prescribed hours of work; or (b) with respect to employees who have a union as their bargaining agent, the hours as agreed to by the employer and the union"; a union agreement must require overtime if hours "exceed on average 40 hours per week" (s. 2-19(1), (3))
Group
employers holding an averaging authorization from the director of employment standards
Condition
employer may apply in writing "for an authorization to pay overtime in accordance with the provisions set out in the authorization"; it may only be issued if hours without overtime do "not exceed, on average, 40 hours in a week" (s. 2-20(1), (4))
pay at a rate of 1.5 times an employee’s hourly wage … (a) 40 hours in a week; or … (i) eight hours in a day if the employer schedules the employee’s work in accordance with clause (2)(a) … (ii) 10 hours in a day if the employer schedules the employee’s work in accordance with clause (2)(b). … (b) 10 hours in a day for no more than four days in a week. … an employer shall pay an employee overtime if: (a) the employee works, on average, fewer than 30 hours per week; and (b) the employer requires or permits the employee to work or to be at the employer’s disposal for more than eight hours in a day. … (a) the prescribed hours of work; or (b) with respect to employees who have a union as their bargaining agent, the hours as agreed to by the employer and the union. … The agreement mentioned in clause (1)(b) must require the payment of overtime if the hours an employee is required or permitted to work or to be at the employer’s disposal exceed on average 40 hours per week. … An employer may apply in writing to the director of employment standards for an authorization to pay overtime in accordance with the provisions set out in the authorization. … The director of employment standards may only issue a written authorization if the number of hours an employee is required or permitted to work or to be at the employer’s disposal without being paid overtime does not exceed, on average, 40 hours in a week. … shall pay to the employee the greater of: (i) the total of overtime pay required pursuant to this Subdivision that is calculated on a daily basis; and (ii) the total of overtime pay required pursuant to this Subdivision that is calculated on a weekly basis. … This Part applies to all employees and employers in Saskatchewan other than: (a) subject to subsections (2) and (3) and to the regulations made pursuant to this Part, those employees whose primary duties consist of actively engaging in farming, ranching or market gardening activities
Employees who are scheduled to work for eight hours per day earn overtime after working more than eight hours a day. … Employees who are scheduled to work for 10 hours per day for four days in a week earn overtime after working more than 10 hours a day. … Overtime in a regular work week starts after 40 hours. … Employees receive whichever is greater – overtime earned by the day or overtime earned in the week.