{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-778.309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 778.309","heading":"Fixed sum for constant amount of overtime.","body":"Where an employee works a regular fixed number of hours in excess of the statutory maximum each workweek, it is, of course, proper to pay him, in addition to his compensation for nonovertime hours, a fixed sum in any such week for his overtime work, determined by multiplying his overtime rate by the number of overtime hours regularly worked.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS","PART 778—OVERTIME COMPENSATION","Subpart D—Special Problems"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"cac5729006a8839abf6198caeecb907905db87e5f072a9999802ea1251187150","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-778.308","next":"us/29-cfr-778.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}