Our ESS unit handles an array of employment issues, including, but not limited to, enforcement of laws concerning wages and time off. California is the only state with doubletime rules.Maryland law requires most employees be paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate for all work over 40 hours per workweek. Most employees must be paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate for all work over 40 hrs. In Maryland, employees are entitled to receive overtime compensation at a rate of at least one and a half times their regular pay for any overtime hours worked. You have to pay 1.5x of the employee's base wage rate. For instance, in California, the initial amount of time an employee must work before receiving overtime pay is only eight hours. The vast majority of states configure overtime pay using a workweek. However, some require overtime pay for hours worked beyond a certain number in a workday. In the U.S., the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) oversees federal overtime laws.