The rate of overtime pay must be no less than time and a half their usual hourly rate of pay (or 1.5 times the regular rate of pay). The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires most employers to give nonexempt employees overtime pay when they work extra hours.Most workers in South Carolina are entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours per week. In certain circumstances, however, there are exemptions. Employers in Illinois are required to pay employees for all the time they spend working. All employees are entitled to overtime pay unless the employer can prove they fit into one of the few exemptions to the state or federal overtime laws. In the U.S., the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) oversees federal overtime laws. South Carolina does not have minimum wage or overtime laws and, thus, has not adopted a definition of hours worked for purposes of compensation calculations. In accordance with the City of Chicago Overtime Management Policy, the following will apply: Completing work on overtime is the exception, not the rule. Illinois requires payment at timeandahalf for work that goes beyond 40 hours per workweek.