
Seasonal Workers and Overtime: How the FLSA Exemption for Amusement Parks, Camps, and Ski Resorts Works
Amusement parks, camps, and ski resorts can skip federal overtime by passing the 7-month or 33-1/3 percent receipts test — if state law agrees.
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Amusement parks, camps, and ski resorts can skip federal overtime by passing the 7-month or 33-1/3 percent receipts test — if state law agrees.

California pays 1.5x past 8 hours and double time past 12; Alaska adds daily overtime and Nevada ties it to wages, so the federal 40-hour rule is not enough.

Pittsburgh's 2026 sick-leave expansion requires 1 hour per 30 hours worked, capped at 72 hours for larger employers — nearly double the old limits.

Homebase and 7shifts charge per location, When I Work per user — so headcount decides cost. 7shifts leads on POS labor forecasting and tip pooling.

Under DOL Fact Sheet 22, the ordinary commute is unpaid, but job-site, overnight and most training time are hours worked — and count toward US FLSA overtime.

Any U.S. federal contractor holding one $200,000+ contract must file VETS-4212 by September 30, whatever its headcount — here's the data, locations and fixes.

California, New York, and Illinois each mandate a weekly day of rest — measured three different ways, with per-employee penalties for every week you miss.

No federal law requires show-up pay, but eight US states plus DC do — California owes half the shift (2–4 hours) when you send scheduled staff home early.

West Virginia gives insurers a 60% premium-tax credit for backing growth funds that invest in local employers with fewer than 250 staff.

Seasonal hires get full FLSA protection: overtime past 40 hours, the highest applicable federal, state, or city minimum wage, and Form I-9 within three days.

Baltimore's ordinance sets a roughly $18/hour wage plus $5.50 benefits floor for security guards from January 1, 2028 — payroll taxes don't count toward it.

Federal law requires jury-duty time off but no pay; 8 states plus DC mandate employer pay, and the FLSA bars docking exempt salaries.