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===Overtime pay===
===Overtime pay===
Employees are entitled to overtime wages if they work more than eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. (There is one exception: if they agree to average their hours. The employer can then compress the work week into fewer, longer work days without paying the usual overtime.)
Employees are entitled to '''overtime''' wages if they work more than eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. (There is one exception: if they agree to average their hours. The employer can then compress the work week into fewer, longer work days without paying the usual overtime.)


The amount of overtime pay depends on the number of extra hours an employee works.  
The amount of overtime pay depends on the number of extra hours an employee works.