What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? IL
I started a new job and I have never seen paychecks done this way. I just want to understand what the heck my employer is doing. I am going to do my best to give you exactly whats going on:
Last pay period (we get paid every two weeks), I worked 98.57 hours (18.57 hours overtime). I get paid $12 an hour. On my paycheck, it shows the hours I worked for that time period and the hourly rate of $9.50, which comes out to $936.42. Under that shows the word "Bonus" with $227.98 so a Grand Total of Gross pay was $1164.40 for that pay period. After a ridiculous amount of taxes taken out (I have never seen so much tax taken out.. II am a single mom of 3, so I claim quite a bit) my Net Pay came out to $976.06.
TWO QUESTIONS: There was no overtime on that check. Is it a law in ILLINOIS that if you work over 40 hours in a work week, you get time and a half? Every other place I have EVER worked at in IL, I have always gotten overtime pay, if I worked overtime. Just want to make sure...
Finally, my biggest question is... Why does he do the $9.50 an hour and then put a "bonus" amount? Does that benefit him? Me? Its just weird how he does it and I just want some clarification on it.
Thank you for your time!
I started a new job and I have never seen paychecks done this way. I just want to understand what the heck my employer is doing. I am going to do my best to give you exactly whats going on:
Last pay period (we get paid every two weeks), I worked 98.57 hours (18.57 hours overtime). I get paid $12 an hour. On my paycheck, it shows the hours I worked for that time period and the hourly rate of $9.50, which comes out to $936.42. Under that shows the word "Bonus" with $227.98 so a Grand Total of Gross pay was $1164.40 for that pay period. After a ridiculous amount of taxes taken out (I have never seen so much tax taken out.. II am a single mom of 3, so I claim quite a bit) my Net Pay came out to $976.06.
TWO QUESTIONS: There was no overtime on that check. Is it a law in ILLINOIS that if you work over 40 hours in a work week, you get time and a half? Every other place I have EVER worked at in IL, I have always gotten overtime pay, if I worked overtime. Just want to make sure...
Finally, my biggest question is... Why does he do the $9.50 an hour and then put a "bonus" amount? Does that benefit him? Me? Its just weird how he does it and I just want some clarification on it.
Thank you for your time!