Wisconsin Overtime Pay Law

Employers in Wisconsin must conform with these state rules regarding overtime pay for employees.

In Wisconsin, employees working hours in excess of 40 in a workweek must be paid at one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for those excess hours.

Exemptions From General Overtime Provision

Overtime exceptions include:

• administrative, executive or professional employees
• outside salespersons
• commission employees of retail and service establishments
• drivers, driver's helpers, loaders or mechanics covered by the Motor Carrier Act
• employees of rail and air carriers
• taxicab drivers
• vehicle salespersons, and partspersons or mechanics servicing the vehicles
• seasonal employees of recreational and amusement establishments
• movie theater employees
• funeral home employees
• drivers and drivers' helpers who make local deliveries
• employees of independent contractors
• crop dusters
• poultry inspectors
• hospital employees
• home newspaper delivery or direct retail sale
• commission-only real estate agents or salespersons

Wisconsin's overtime law specifies that employers may not permit employees to work for any time that will be dangerous to their welfare.