Employees are entitled to 1.5 times their regular wage rate if they work more than 40 hours during a workweek. A fulltime work week in California is 40 hours.Anything over 40 hours should be paid out at 1.5x regular wages. Most employees cannot work more than 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day. If they do, their employer must pay them 1.5 times their normal pay. Employers must pay overtime wages no later than the next payday after they are earned; regular wages must still be paid on time. California overtime (OT) laws require non-exempt employees to earn one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay when they work extra hours. Overtime pay is 1.5 times an employee's regular rate of pay. Not all employees are eligible for overtime, but most employees are eligible for overtime. According to California overtime laws, nonexempt employees are entitled to earn oneandahalf times their regular pay rate when they work.