What is the differnce between double time and over time?

Question

... when talking about work hours

Answer 1

Double time = 2 times your salary.  Ex.  You get paid $15.00 per hour, then work on a holiday or something and they pay you double time, so you would be making $30 per hour.

Overtime usually pays 1.5 times your salary.  So $15 per hour, then you work some overtime at 1.5 times that, you would be making $22.50 per hour.

Answer 2

same here!

double time is getting paid 2x your pay rate per hour and overtime is your regular rate plus a certain percentage. In most cases, it is the rate plus half of it each hour.

Example will be holidays, it is double time from the moment the work starts.

For overtime, it starts after  you exceed the regular workhours within the a time period. Most jobs are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. In a day, if you exceed the 8 hours, that will be overtime thereafter.

Some also give double time if you exceed 8-12 hours of overtime within the week. Also there is a certain amount of allowed overtime wihtin a day, after that it will be double time.

Answer 3

Overtime is the generic term used for working longer than the set working hours in a day.  For example, if your employment terms dictate that you work 40 hours a week, if you work 42 you have worked 2 hours overtime.

Overtime normally is time-and-a-half, which means a 50% uplift on the hourly salary.  So, for example, you work 2 hours overtime in a week you would get paid for working three hours on top of your base salary.

Double time is 2 x hourly wage which is usually only awarded if you work Saturdays, Sundays or national days.

Answer 4

Double time means that you get paid double your normal hourly rate.

   Overtime means that you get paid your normal hourly rate plus a premium ( which could be a percentage of your normal hourly rate )

Answer 5

Double time is twice as much and over time is half as much as double time.

Answer 6

overtime is usally just time and a half.....double time is being payed twice what you normally make

Answer 7

Overtime is usually time and a half.  Double time is double.