My hourly employee wants a flexible schedule working four 10-hour days; do we have to pay any overtime if we agree with the request?
HRCalifornia
Even with a mutual agreement between the employer and the hourly, nonexempt employee, employers would have to pay two hours of overtime each day on a four-day, 10-hour workweek unless the employer satisfies the legal requirements for the creation of an alternate workweek schedule.
To avoid overtime issues created by a work schedule that exceeds eight hours in a day, an employer must follow a rigorous, step-by-step process to create the alternative workweek schedule.
Read more about Creating an Alternative Workweek Schedule and Maintaining the Alternative
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