Bonuses May Be Included in Overtime Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that it reached an agreement with Krispy Kreme after a DOL investigation found that Krispy Kreme had denied time-and-a-half overtime wages to over 500 employees throughout the nation.  The DOL's investigation began with a single store, before it expanded when the DOL determined that the overtime violations were systemic.  The DOL found that Krispy Kreme had failed to include monthly bonuses in the regular rate of pay for some of its employees, which denied them certain time-and-a-half overtime wages to which they were entitled.  Many employees who receive bonuses must have these bonuses included for overtime calculation purposes, and a failure to do so may be a Fair Labor Standards Act violation.
​See https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20221117.