Often contracting labor makes sense for good reasons such as: specific skills may be required for a short-term project; more personnel may be required to get through a seasonal busy period; the company may not be financially able to attract top talent for an employer/employee relationship.

In today’s workplace many workers are paid different rates of pay for working different shifts or days outside of the normal Monday to Friday workweek. There is one situation in which an employer may actually credit part of an employee’s pay against any overtime pay that may be due…