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Workers cannot waive their right to overtime pay. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest, unless overtime hours are worked on such days. Contractors and subcontractors on prime contracts in excess of $100,000 are required, pursuant to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, to pay employees one and one-half times their basic rates of pay for all hours over 40 worked on covered contract work in a workweek. The Division of Wage and Hour Compliance enforces labor laws that address prevailing wage overtime conditions of employment and the method and manner of payment of wages.

The contractor, subcontractor or the authorized officer or employee of the contractor or subcontractor who supervises the payment of wages must sign the weekly statement. These Acts apply to contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works.

After analyzing whether an employee may sue for unpaid prevailing wages, the Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs who have not been paid legally-required prevailing wages maintain a valid breach of contract claims as third-party beneficiaries of the agreements between the public entity and the contractors. Overtime is based on the number of hours worked in a seven-day work week, not on the pay period.

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