New York City (NYC) Overtime Cap

Note: This extension, a combined integration and workflow model, is developed outside the normal release schedule to meet specific customer needs. To request one of these extensions, you must submit a Salesforce Service Request to UKG. After the extension is delivered to your tenant, you can edit it accordingly.

In New York City, the Citywide Agreement limits overtime cash payments for certain employees when their annual gross salary exceeds a cap amount. Employees receive compensatory time off in lieu of cash.

When an employee is exempt from the Citywide Agreement, the employee can request a waiver that provides overtime cash payments for the entire calendar year or for a specified number of hours in the calendar year — instead of time-compensated overtime. The New York City Overtime Cap (NYCOTCAP) extension delivers an integration and workflow that support employees who qualify for overtime waivers.

The integration checks an employee's earnings on a daily basis, and initiates a workflow when a configurable warning limit is reached. The warning limit is usually configured as a percentage of the employee’s annual gross salary. The workflow assigns the employee the task of selecting how overtime hours are paid:

  • Compensatory time off.

  • Cash for the remainder of the year.

  • Cash for a specified number of hours.

When the employee chooses either of the cash options, the workflow assigns a task to the manager, which requires the manager to take action on the employee's preferred overtime pay method:

  • Accept the employee's request to pay overtime hours with cash.

  • Reject the employee's cash request, and instead pay the overtime with compensatory hours.

  • Return the request to the employee, if, for example, the specified number of hours needs adjustment. The manager can add the return reason in a comment, and the employee can then resubmit the updated request.

An employee is allowed only one manager-approved waiver in a calendar year. When the waiver period ends, the employee automatically returns to time-compensated overtime.

The overtime calculation is processed by a pay rule or employment term change in the People Record on the day that the salary cap is crossed; the change is made only during unsigned-off pay periods.