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Generally, your employer must pay you overtime: | Generally, your employer must pay you overtime: | ||
*when you have no averaging agreement with your employer, and you are required to work more than | *when you have no averaging agreement with your employer, and you are required to work more than eight hours in a day or more than 40 hours in a week, or | ||
*when you do have an averaging agreement with your employer, and your employer asks you to work more hours in a day than you agreed to in the averaging agreement. | *when you do have an averaging agreement with your employer, and your employer asks you to work more hours in a day than you agreed to in the averaging agreement. | ||
The amount of overtime pay you get depends on the number of extra hours you work. You must be paid overtime after eight hours of work in one day. Your employer must pay you one-and-a-half times your regular pay for each hour you work after eight hours. This is called time-and-a-half. | The amount of overtime pay you get depends on the number of extra hours you work. You must be paid overtime after eight hours of work in one day. Your employer must pay you one-and-a-half times your regular pay for each hour you work after eight hours. This is called ''time-and-a-half''. | ||
Your employer must pay you two times your regular pay for each hour | Your employer must pay you two times your regular pay for each hour you work after 12 hours. This is called ''double-time''. | ||
The Employment Standards Branch website has more information about the complicated overtime rules at [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb]. | The Employment Standards Branch website has more information about the complicated overtime rules at [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb]. | ||