State law says that an employee required to work more than 40 hours in a workweek is entitled to compensation for the excess hours. When must an employer pay overtime?Most wage employees should get time-and-a-half pay if they work more than 40 hours in a week. This federal law requires employers to compensate employees at a rate of one and half times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 during a workweek. Nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay at one and a half times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a work week. The FLSA provides that overtime pay is due if the employer "suffered or permitted" the employee to work more than 40 hours per week. Under the FLSA, employees in Dallas are generally entitled to overtime pay after working more than forty (40) hours in one week. Once you submit this form, our overtime pay lawyers will review it to determine whether representation may be appropriate for our law firm. Employers in Texas are obligated to compensate non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a single workweek. . For example, a salary basis employee should receive the same base pay no matter whether he or she works 30 or 40 hours in a work period.