Payroll & contractors
Kentucky Seventh-Day Overtime Calculator
Kentucky adds a seventh-day rule to weekly overtime: work all seven days in a week past 40 hours and the whole seventh day is time-and-a-half.
| Straight time40.00 hrs at 1x | $880.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime0.00 hrs at 1.5x | $0.00 |
| Double time0.00 hrs at 2x | $0.00 |
| Gross pay | $880.00 |
Time-and-a-half past 40 hours in a workweek. Work all seven days of the workweek and every hour on the seventh day is time-and-a-half too (KRS 337.050) — unless the employee is held to 40 hours or fewer that week. An hour is paid the premium once, never twice. Assumes the workweek runs Monday to Sunday.
Details people get wrong
- Does the seventh-day rule apply if I worked under 40 hours?
- No. KRS 337.050 says the seventh-day premium does not apply where the employee is not permitted to work more than 40 hours that workweek. Several calculators online get this backwards and pay the seventh day regardless; the statute text is linked on this page.
- Do seventh-day overtime and weekly overtime stack?
- No. The statute lets the employer credit overtime already paid for the same hours under another law, so an hour is paid at time-and-a-half once. This calculator moves the seventh day to the premium first, then applies the weekly test to the remaining hours.
- When does the workweek start?
- Whenever the employer has permanently fixed it — a calendar week or any seven consecutive days, as long as it was not chosen to evade overtime. This calculator assumes Monday to Sunday, so Sunday is the seventh day. If your workweek starts on another day, enter the days in that order.
- Who is exempt from the seventh-day rule?
- Supervisors whose duties are mainly directing other employees, and several named groups — including stenographers, bookkeepers and technical assistants in licensed professions, railway workers under the Railway Labor Act, and some water-transport workers. Check the statute’s list against your role.