Monzon v. Schaefer Ambulance Service, Inc.

Opinion

WOODS (Fred), J.

The major issue raised by this appeal relates to the proper method to use in calculating overtime. We hold that the proper method to use in calculating overtime is one in which the employer must identify at week’s end all hours worked by an employee during that workweek and pay overtime based upon the excess of total hours over the greater of either: (1) eight hours in a workday, including double time, or (2) forty hours in a workweek.

We further hold that it is permissible for an employer and ambulance drivers and attendants to enter into an agreement, which need not be…