How is overtime compensation calculated?
Bentley pays overtime compensation at one and one half times the employee’s regular hourly rate for all hours worked over 40 in a given work week. Please note that holidays, sick days, vacation time and personal days are not counted when calculating whether you have worked more than 40 hours in a work week. A 35 hour work week is standard for most full-time employees at Bentley. Therefore, a non-exempt employee who works more than 35 hours in a work week is compensated at his or her regular hourly rate for hours between 35 and 40 and at the time and one half rate for hours above 40. To illustrate, if an employee works 45 hours in one week, then the employee would be entitled to 5 hours of pay at his or her regular rate (for hours 35 to 40), plus 5 hours of overtime pay at one and one half times the regular rate (for hours 40 to 45), for a total of 12.5 hours pay at the regular rate. May compensatory leave be granted instead of overtime pay? Yes. Managers have the discretion to award co
