Do production bonuses count toward overtime?

Yes. Bonuses promised for production, attendance, or quality are part of the regular rate. A bonus that covers several weeks is spread back over those weeks, and overtime is recomputed for each one.

Can a workweek start in the middle of the night?

Yes. A workweek is any fixed, recurring 168 hours and can start on any day at any hour, such as late Sunday for a night shift. A change must be meant to be permanent, never a way to avoid overtime.

What does plant payroll connect to?

QuickBooks, with journal entries posted after every run, or mapped G/L exports to any accounting or ERP platform.

Do piece workers have to reach minimum wage?

Yes, each workweek. Total pay for the week divided by hours worked must reach at least $7.25 an hour federally, or a higher state or local minimum.

INDUSTRIES / FIELD + PRODUCTION / Manufacturing

Shift premiums and overtime, calculated right.

Multi-shift plants with shift premiums, overtime rules, and union or non-union workforces.

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SHIFTS: Premiums by shift
OVERTIME: Daily + weekly
UNION: Supported
PLANTS: Multi-location

WHAT'S INCLUDED

01
Shift premiums
Applied from time punches.
02
Union rules
Seniority, rates, and dues deductions.
03
Kiosk clock-in
Shared time clocks on the floor.
04
Labor by line
Costs by department and cost center.

WHERE IT GOES WRONG

Three shifts, three premiums.
Second- and third-shift premiums go into the regular rate, so overtime is owed on more than the base rate.
How Worklio handles it
Shift premiums applied from time punches.
Labor cost by line.
Plant managers need labor cost by line and department, not one payroll total.
How Worklio handles it
Labor cost by department and cost center, with burdened labor cost and mapped G/L exports to any accounting or ERP platform.
Union plants.
Seniority, contract rates, and dues checkoff, with a written authorization from each employee whose dues you deduct.
How Worklio handles it
Union rules (seniority, rates, and dues deductions).
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Safety records and new hires.
Each establishment keeps its own OSHA 300 log and posts the 300A summary from February 1 to April 30, and every new hire needs an I-9.
How Worklio handles it
Form 300 log and 300A summary by establishment, with hours and headcount filled from payroll. E-Verify cases opened automatically and tracked in the record.

WHAT TO HAVE ON FILE

01A fixed workweek per plant or crew. Any fixed, recurring 168 hours. A change must be meant to be permanent, never a way to avoid overtime.
02Incentives in the regular rate. Production, attendance, and quality bonuses included before overtime is figured.
03A weekly minimum wage test for piece workers. Pay for the week divided by hours worked, at least $7.25 an hour federally, or a higher state or local minimum.
04Rounding that evens out. Clock rounding that, over time, pays for all the time actually worked.
05OSHA 300 and 300A. A 300 log for each establishment; the 300A summary posted from February 1 to April 30.

WORK IT OUT

Calculators follow federal rules only; state law can differ.

QUESTIONS

Add piece earnings and any other pay for the week, divide by all hours worked for the regular rate, and pay half that rate again for each hour over 40. By agreement made before the work, you can instead pay 1.5 times the piece rate for work done in overtime hours.

Sources: 29 CFR 778.111; 29 CFR 778.418; 29 CFR 778.211; 29 CFR 778.209; 29 CFR 778.105; 29 CFR 776.4; DOL: federal minimum wage; 29 CFR 1904.30; 29 CFR 1904.32. General information, not legal or tax advice.

HOW IT WORKS

A planned go-live, with parallel runs first.

01Discovery + design. We map entities, pay rules, deductions, and integrations.
02Data + configuration. YTD wages, tax accounts, benefits, and GL mapping loaded and tested.
03Parallel runs. One or more payrolls run beside your current provider and matched to the cent.
04Go live. Usually at a quarter or year start. Employees invited, your team trained.