Minnesota · MFLSA overtime after 48
Minnesota overtime (after 48)
Minn. Stat. § 177.25 pays 1.5× after 48 hours in a workweek under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act. No daily overtime. DLI: most businesses are also FLSA-covered, so federal after-40 typically controls when both apply (toggle). Public employers may bank 1.5h off per OT hour instead of cash. Classic $20 × five 10h → $1,020 vs FLSA 40 $1,100 vs KS 46 $1,040 vs MD bowling 48 $1,020 (industry-only) vs OR ag 48 $1,020 (ag-only).
How Minn. Stat. § 177.25 pays
Subdivision 1: no employer may employ an employee for a workweek longer than 48 hours unless the employee receives at least 1½ times the regular rate for hours over 48. There is no daily overtime band, no seventh-day double time, and no public-works weekend all-hours premium on this page.
The state of Minnesota or a political subdivision may grant time off at the rate of 1½ hours for each hour worked in excess of 48 in a week in lieu of monetary compensation. Check Public employer comp time to bank that time and pay all punched hours at straight time.
The overtime row does not apply when (1) the employee is under an agreement meeting FLSA § 7(b)(2), or (2) the employee is a sugar beet hand laborer on a piece-rate basis whose regular rate exceeds the applicable Minnesota minimum wage by at least 40 cents. DLI wages-and-overtime FAQs: overtime under state law is after 48, but most businesses are subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that requires overtime after 40 — check Also FLSA-covered to use after-40 on this page (same dollars as /overtime/).
Agricultural workers who are exempt from FLSA overtime still generally owe Minnesota after-48 (DLI agriculture / Bushel Boy enforcement). That is different from Maryland § 3-420(d) (bowling / non-hospital residential care only) and from Oregon ORS 653.272 (agriculture-only). Missed meal/rest LD is /minnesota-meal-rest/; recruited migrant 70h guarantee is /minnesota-migrant-guarantee/.
Five 10h days @ $20 → 48 regular + 2 OT = $1,020.
Same punches on /overtime/ → 40 + 10 OT = $1,100.
Same on /kansas-overtime/ → 46 + 4 OT = $1,040.
Same on MD bowling 48 → $1,020 (industry statute).
Same on OR ag 48 → $1,020 (ag-only).
48 hours exactly @ $20 → $960 (no OT).
Six 10h days @ $20 → 48 + 12 OT = $1,320 vs FLSA $1,400 vs KS $1,340 vs MO 52 $1,280.
FLSA-covered toggle, five 10h → $1,100.
Public comp-time, five 10h → $1,000 cash + 3.0h bank.
Sugar beet / § 7(b)(2), five 10h → $1,000 straight time.
Sources
- Minn. Stat. § 177.25 — overtime (official Minnesota Revisor; HTTP 200)
- Minn. Stat. § 177.25 (2025) — same text, 2025 cite (HTTP 200)
- DLI wages and overtime FAQs — after 48 under state law; FLSA after 40 for most businesses (HTTP 200)
- DLI overtime PDF (HTTP 200)
- 29 U.S.C. § 207 — FLSA overtime (more protective when both apply)
FAQ
When does Minnesota overtime start under Minn. Stat. § 177.25?
1.5× after 48 hours in a workweek under MFLSA. No daily overtime. Classic $20 × five 10-hour days is $1,020, not FLSA $1,100. Most FLSA-covered employers owe federal after-40 instead.
Is this the same as Maryland bowling / residential after 48?
Same weekly number, different statute. /maryland-bowling-residential-overtime/ is industry-only. Minnesota § 177.25 is general MFLSA (and reaches many FLSA-OT-exempt ag workers).
Is this Oregon agricultural overtime after 48?
No. /oregon-agricultural-overtime/ is ORS 653.272 agricultural-only. Five 10-hour days are $1,020 on both; coverage differs.
Can a public employer use compensatory time?
Yes — 1.5 hours off per hour over 48 in lieu of cash. Five 10-hour days @ $20 → $1,000 cash + 3.0h bank.
Is this meal/rest or the migrant 70-hour guarantee?
No. See /minnesota-meal-rest/ and /minnesota-migrant-guarantee/.