An employer and an employee can agree to average work hours over 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks. Averaging agreements must be:

• Agreed to before they start
• In writing

Specify a start and end date

Employees are paid overtime if they work more hours than their regular schedule:

• They are paid time-and-a-half when they work more than 8 hours in a day if the extra hours are more than their regular schedule or
• They are paid time-and-a-half for hours worked over an average of 40 hours in a week during the agreed averaging period (e.g. 80 hours averaged over 2 weeks)