If you are in a job eligible for overtime, you are entitled to be paid time and a half your regular hourly rate for every hour you work over 40 in a workweek. They must keep records of all hours worked, wages paid, and overtime hours for at least three years.Most of the time, overtime should be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the hourly wage for any work over 40 hours in a single work week. How Does Overtime Work in Arizona? Federally and in Arizona, overtime pay is defined as wages given to employees who work for over forty hours in a single week. Overtime when it is part of the employee's normally scheduled work week. Work Unit supervisors may require employees to work overtime when necessary. An employee eligible for overtime who has one hundred twenty. (120) hours of accrued compensatory time is to be paid for future authorized. There is no limit in the Act on the number of hours employees aged 16 and older may work in any workweek.