{"id":188,"date":"2025-09-08T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:16:30","slug":"overtime-compensatory-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/staff-time-off\/overtime-compensatory-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Overtime compensatory time"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page applies to all regular overtime eligible classified, contract covered, and professional staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overtime<\/strong><\/h4>\n

All overtime-eligible employees are paid 1.5 times their regular hourly rate for all overtime hours, unless a higher rate is specified in their collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n

Overtime-exempt employees are not paid for overtime hours.<\/p>\n

Work schedules and overtime pay (full-time)<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Classified non-union<\/h6>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Employees:<\/th>\nOvertime is paid for any hours in excess of:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-hospital employees<\/td>\n40 hours in a workweek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospital employees on a 40-hour work period<\/td>\n40 hours in a 7-day period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospital employees on an 80-hour work period<\/td>\n8 hours in a 24-hour period
\nor<\/em>
\n80 hours in a 14-day period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Contract classified <\/strong><\/h6>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Employees:<\/th>\nOvertime is paid for any hours in excess of:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Employees with a regular or alternate work period position<\/td>\nThe full-time daily shift
\nor<\/em>
\n40 hours in a workweek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospital employees assigned to a
\n14-day schedule<\/td>\n		8 hours in a 24-hour period
\nor<\/em>
\n80 hours in a 14-day period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employees with a nonscheduled work period position<\/td>\n40 hours in a workweek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employees with an excepted work period position<\/td>\nDo not qualify for overtime compensation, unless a collective bargaining agreement says otherwise.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Contract classified employees should also check their collective bargaining agreement<\/a> for additional overtime-related provisions.<\/p>\n

Professional staff who are overtime-eligible<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Employees:<\/th>\nOvertime is paid for any hours in excess of:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
All employees<\/td>\n40 hours in a workweek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Part-time employees<\/strong><\/h6>\n

All part-time, overtime-eligible employees receive overtime pay only for hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. Forty hours or less are paid at your regular rate of pay.<\/p>\n

Holidays and paid\u00a0time off<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Your employment program determines whether holidays and paid time off hours are considered time worked when calculating overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Employment program:<\/th>\nIncluded in overtime calculations:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Classified non-union<\/td>\nHolidays, including your personal holiday, are considered time worked. Paid time off is not.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contract covered staff<\/td>\nCheck your specific collective bargaining agreement to determine if holidays and paid time off are included.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Professional staff<\/td>\nOnly hours actually worked are included. Holidays and paid time off are not.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Preapproval of overtime<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Many departments require that employees get approval before working any overtime hours. Follow your department\u2019s overtime authorization process to obtain preapproval.<\/p>\n

Compensatory time<\/strong><\/h4>\n

As an overtime-eligible employee, you can receive compensatory time instead of overtime pay if your manager approves (and for contract covered employees, if your collective bargaining agreement provides for compensatory time). However, your supervisor may not require you to accept compensatory time instead of overtime pay.<\/p>\n

You receive 1.5 hours of compensatory time for every overtime hour worked, unless a different rate is specified in your collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n

Overtime-exempt employees — or employees assigned to excepted work period positions — are not eligible for compensatory time except for the following situations:<\/p>\n