Legally how many day in a row can your employer make you work without time off?

Question

Does your employer need to pay you overtime/ time in a half after a certain amount of days?

Answer 1

Unless you're salary, anything after 40 hours per week is considered overtime. There are no set laws about working without a day off.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Per the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), all non-exempt employees shuould be paid for actual time worked, and should eb paid overtime wages (1.5x) for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
PTO (paid time off) hours such as holidays, sick, and vacation time do not count as hours worked.
The workweek is set by the employer, and must be applied consistently throughout the year to all employees.

So in short, the number of days doesnt matter. Your boss can schedule you 7 days a week as long as they pay you overtime for every hour over 40 that you work int hat workweek.

Answer 4

You need to check with your state employment/work force office. The answer will vary by state.
I agree with the first, I too am salaried and if I need to work late or on the weekend, not much I can do about it. Luckily that doesn't happen very often and my employers are very generous if I do.
I would imagine you are not working an 8 hour shift and that is how they can make you work so many days in a row.

Answer 5

It depends on the type of employment. If you work in law enforcement you have different rules on the number of hours and days before overtime/time in a half etc is paid. If you work in a medical profession those rules are different and if you are just a civillian worker those rules are different as well. You need to check what your labor laws are for your profession and go from there.

Answer 6

Generally your employer must part overtime after 40 hours of work. day wise I believe (in ct anyway) anything over 5 days/40 hours is voluntary unless agreed on at time of employment.

Answer 7

This depends on your occupation, your status, whether you are in a union and its rules, and your state labor law...it cannot be answered in general, other than to say a 40 hour work week is standard and after that its usually time and a half for overtime.

Lawyer here.

Answer 8

its not by days its by hours in most states its 40hours then overtime and most of the time overtime is optional not mandatory unless your job is salary in which case you could be there 24 hours 7 days a week

This of course is for legal jobs not paid under the table type work

Answer 9

ive had my employer tell me i was not alloud to have water to drink and that i was not alloud to sit down when im an american with a disibility even when they knew i had problems with my legs and they fired me im not going postal because of some pricks day after day i did not take a break and when i did i felt bad that i could stand no more and they stressed me out the whole time i did and when i came back they made me go bye bye its not the first time they constructively hurrassed me out and was made an example of i would rather pick up bottles filled with dead mice piss chew then put up with workers and management treating me like **** imagine how many other people have had this happen

Answer 10

Those are all things that vary state to state. Sometimes the employer supplies the employee with an employee's manual. Those procedures, etc. should be lined out in the manual.

Contact your local labor board to see if they can help answer some of your questions.

Good luck.