Maybe if I had made a snarky remark, it would have come across as being along the lines of how you folks like to help people. That being said,
if they are having trouble deciphering what is OT and what is not OT, then it may be somewhat beneficial to them, now or in the future.
So, let me reiterate my initial statement, if it provides them ANY help, then that is all that matters.
since California has some very unique rules concerning overtime, that calculator will do nothing for the OP as long as he works in California. It will NOT help him determine what is OT in California and what is not OT in California. You link won't be a lot helpful, a little helpful, or even somewhat helpful. It simply will not do anything to help the OP while he is working in California.
so, let me reiterate; It can't help him because there is no federal law concerning daily overtime. There is none. This is very specific to California and only information from California is going to be helpful.
So you're telling me that you can precisely predict that at no point in their career, they will ever find this tool useful? Or maybe someone else, reading this thread, will find it helpful? I can't predict that.
However, to the OP, I should have clarified what the tool was for and JK is correct.
i am not trying to sound silly but why wouldn't it help me in california? you mean it won't help me at all or it just won't help the person that started the thread?
do you work in California?
Federal overtime law, for an hourly worker, is simplistically stated as hours worked beyond 40 in any work week are to be paid at 1 1/2 times the regular rate of pay (is isn't quite that simple but that is the main thrust of it). California requires that as well as overtime for a lot of other situations. The federal calculator would not show you any of that other overtime.