Photo courtesy Indianapolis (IN) Fire PIO. Many individuals work long hours—far beyond the standard 40-hour week. Starting with tax year 2025, a tax provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) ...

Do your employees receive emergency pay? Are you including it in overtime pay calculations? The Department of Labor (DOL) just issued an opinion finding that extra “emergency pay” firefighters ...

If an hourly employee works beyond 40 hours in a week, they are entitled to overtime pay. However, if that employee performs different roles at different pay rates, you may have to use a “blended rate ...

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Overtime pay is the additional pay an employee receives for working beyond their regular hours in a work week, usually beyond 40 hours. This additional pay is typically calculated as one and a half ...