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- Decimal hours
- Hours written as a decimal: hours + minutes ÷ 60. 8:15 is 8.25.
- Double time
- Pay at 2 times the regular rate. In California it applies after 12 hours in a day and after 8 on the seventh consecutive day.
- Exempt
- An employee not entitled to overtime under the law, based on pay and job duties.
- Gross pay
- Pay before taxes and deductions.
- Nonexempt
- An employee who is covered by overtime rules, as opposed to exempt employees who are not.
- Overnight shift
- A shift that runs past midnight; the out time is earlier than the in time.
- Punch pair
- One clock-in and the matching clock-out. A split shift has two punch pairs in a day.
- Regular rate
- The hourly rate used to work out overtime. It is usually your base hourly pay, but can include other pay; ask your employer or the labor department.
- Split shift
- A workday broken into two separate periods, such as 7–11 and 1–5.
- Time-and-a-half
- Pay at 1.5 times the regular rate, the usual overtime rate. At $20 an hour it is $30.
- Unpaid break
- Time off the clock, such as lunch, that is subtracted from hours worked.
- Workweek
- A fixed, recurring period of 168 hours (seven consecutive 24-hour periods) used to count overtime. It can start on any day and need not match the calendar week.