Hey everybody, Scott Perlmuter here to give you your daily dose of overtime law knowledge. This is an issue that may be depriving you of overtime pay that you’re entitled to. It’s something that both employers and employees have a lack of knowledge about, we find in so many of our cases, and that is- determining the proper rate of pay for your overtime rate. So, let’s say you get paid $10/hour. You probably think, for time over 40 hours in a week, I get time and a half- that means $15/hour. Some cases you may be right, some cases, many cases, you may be wrong. If you’re paid an overly rate but you get extra pay for things at work- so let’s say you get a travel bonus, let’s say you get a driving bonus, let’s say you get a shift differential, let’s say you get sales bonuses, commissions, those are all additional pay that have to be added back into your base rate before your overtime rate is calculated. So, whereas you may make $10/hour for your regular, hourly rate, those additional amounts have to be added back in that would cause your $15/hour pay for hours over 40 to be increased based on those numbers. The calculations can be really complex, so basically if you have a question about this, give me a call. We’ll go through your pay, we’ll go through your hours worked, and we’ll figure out what is the proper hourly rate and have you been shorted over time. So, if you have questions, one thing you could do is visit our website which has a ton of good information on this. We have a website devoted just to overtime and minimum wage laws, and that is overtimelawyersohio.com. You can visit our main website, tittlelawfim.com, that’s got also some helpful information about wage and hour laws, or you can give me a call at 216-308-1522. Scott Perlmuter, I’m happy to talk to you anytime about your minimum wage and overtime questions. Thanks!