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Do employees who get paid piece rate, (an amount of money per task completed), also have rights for overtime wages?

April 26, 2017employees money overtime paid piece rate Rights Task wages

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Do employees who get paid piece rate, (an amount of money per task completed), also have rights for overtime wages?

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YES. Not only hourly paid employees are entitled to time-and-a-half wages for hours worked in excess of forty hours within a work week. Even employees paid by a piece rate, or day-rates have rights to overtime.