Employment · Alaska
the short answer
Alaska counts the day as well as the week: more than eight hours in a day, or more than 40 in a week, is time and a half. The catch is the size of the employer — a business with fewer than four employees in the regular course of business is outside the state overtime rule entirely.
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everywhere in the u.s.
in this state
governing statute
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free route
The Wage and Hour Administration takes wage claims, and its own page says it provides sole enforcement of the laws on payment of wages, minimum wage and overtime — it acts on the worker's behalf to collect from the employer. Reach an investigator by phone; the office notes it has no investigator on call on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
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which court
District court
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small claims limit
$10,000
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exceptions: The limit does not count costs, interest or attorney's fees. A larger claim can still be brought here if you give up everything above the limit.
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also
Fewer than four employees and the state rule does not reach your employer at all. The federal claim above may still, because it turns on the business, not the headcount.
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your situation
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