Does Kansas have daily overtime?

Kansas's verified overtime registry does not list a statewide daily overtime trigger. The calculator therefore uses the weekly workweek rule and does not add overtime merely because one shift was longer than eight or twelve hours.

Can daily, weekly, or seventh-day premiums stack in Kansas?

No. This calculator assigns an hour the single highest applicable overtime premium. It does not pay both a daily and weekly premium on the same hour, which avoids double-counting while still preserving the more protective verified trigger.

What does this Kansas overtime calculator not decide?

It does not decide exempt status, whether the employer is covered by the FLSA or state law, how a bonus must be allocated across multiple workweeks, or whether a special industry rule, collective-bargaining agreement, public contract, or local ordinance changes the result.

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Most Kansas workers are covered by the federal FLSA and are owed overtime after 40 hours in a workweek; Kansas's state threshold of 46 hours applies only to employers the FLSA does not cover. — Source

Calculate Kansas overtime pay

The headline rule may not apply to every worker. Kansas sets overtime after 46 hours, but that threshold reaches only employers NOT covered by the FLSA. Most Kansas workers are FLSA-covered and get overtime after 40. The page must state both and lead with the 40-hour federal rule.

Enter one workweek. The calculator uses straight-time pay for all hours, then adds only the extra overtime premium for hours that qualify.

Kansas overtime rule used by this calculator

Kansas sets overtime after 46 hours, but that threshold reaches only employers NOT covered by the FLSA. Most Kansas workers are FLSA-covered and get overtime after 40. The page must state both and lead with the 40-hour federal rule.

Basic formula

straight-time pay = total hours × hourly rate regular rate = (straight-time pay + includable pay) ÷ total hours overtime premium = premium hours × regular rate × (1.5 − 1) gross pay = straight-time pay + includable pay + overtime premium

Worked example

Kansas: federal rule leads

FLSA-covered employee: 45 hours = 5 overtime hours Non-FLSA employer under Kansas state law: 45 hours = 0 state overtime hours At 48 hours, the Kansas-only threshold would produce 2 state overtime hours

What this does not determine

Whether the worker is exempt from overtime under state law or the federal FLSA.
Whether the employer is covered by the FLSA, which matters especially when a state rule reaches only non-FLSA employers.
Multi-rate weighted-average regular-rate issues beyond the single additional-pay field.
Public works, prevailing wage, local ordinances, union contracts, agriculture, transportation, or other industry-specific rules.
Whether a bonus or commission must be allocated to a different workweek.

Sources and verification

This page reads the overtime threshold, multiplier, special daily/seventh-day flags, coverage cautions, and source URL from src/data/states.json. The visible source for this page is the verified registry source and the citation used in prose is Kan. Stat. § 44-1204. Automated tests cover the state's distinctive branch, weekly math, non-stacking of premium hours, and visible result rendering.

Common questions

When does overtime start in Kansas?

Most Kansas workers are covered by the federal FLSA and should use the 40-hour weekly rule. The state threshold shown in the registry is 46 hours, but it applies only to employers the FLSA does not cover.

Does Kansas require daily overtime?

Kansas's registry does not show a statewide daily overtime trigger. A long single shift can still create safety, break, scheduling, or contract issues, but this overtime calculator only adds a premium when the verified weekly threshold is crossed.

Why does the calculator ask for every day?

Daily entries make the same tool work for states with daily overtime, seventh-consecutive-day premiums, and weekly-only rules. In weekly-only states, the daily boxes simply add to the workweek total. In daily or seventh-day states, they prevent double-counting the same hour.

Can the same hour receive two overtime premiums?

No. This calculator gives each hour the single highest applicable overtime rate. If an hour qualifies under both a daily or seventh-day trigger and a weekly trigger, it is counted once as premium time rather than receiving two stacked overtime premiums.