The Differences Between a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist While both Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are highly educated and experienced in a variety of nursing procedures and practices, the roles remain distinct from one another.
Definition of straight time. 1  1 : the regularly established working time of employees during a standard period (such as a week) excluding time lost through absence or gained through overtime in most industries straight time still exceeds 35 hours a week. 2 : the rate of pay applicable for straight-time work had 40 hours at straight time and 12 hours of overtime pay.
That, however, does not change the meaning of the word overtime for FLSA purposes, and it is important to restrict the meaning of overtime to its statutory definition in determining the FLSA rights of employees. Time worked outside of normal schedule may not be the same as  time worked over 40 hours in a work week. Only the latter is overtime under the FLSA, and the FLSA governs only pay due for FLSA overtime worked. Thus, under the FLSA overtime rules, nothing happens unless and until a nonexempt employee has actuall y worked more than 40 hours in a work week. Stated another way, if an employee's total hours actually worked in a work week are not more than 40, the FLSA overtime rules are not triggered at all. No FLSA overtime pay is due. If, and only if, total hours ac tually worked exceed 40 in a work week, then the FLSA overtime rules may come into play. FLSA overtime pay for nonexempt employees is computed based on all the time the employee has actually worked in a work week. All time actually worked counts, but only time actually worked counts. Therefore, the first step in the FLSA overtime formula is