An employee in California works every day of the week, often for fifteen days in a row, and at times for as much as thirty or sixty days in a row. The employee works four eight hour days, and shorter shifts on the other days. Sometimes the employee will work six or seven consecutive eight hour days. The employer says that overtime is calculated based upon a standard work week, not based upon how many hours you work over a given seven day period. Is that true, or should the employee get overtime for any hours worked over forty over the course of seven consecutive days?

