California is the only state with doubletime rules. If an employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek they must be paid 1.5 times their base rate for all hours worked beyond 40 hours.Yes, in Pennsylvania employers are required to pay overtime to eligible employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Most employees in Pennsylvania must be paid overtime compensation for any hours they work over 40 straight time hours per week. Federal overtime laws require that employers provide overtime pay to those who work over 40 hours per workweek. Overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a workweek. Pennsylvania employers must pay overtime to nonexempt employees for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. The Pennsylvania overtime labor laws, however, covers every business in the state, or almost. California non-exempt workers are entitled to daily overtime if they work over 8 hours in a single day. In the U.S., the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) oversees federal overtime laws.