Employers Don't Get to Decide the Length of a Week

According to this article, an employer in Alabama has been ordered to repay over $300,000 in backwages after a Department of Labor investigation revealed that the employer was calculating overtime based on a 14-day consecutive period instead of the required 40 hour workweek. The fact that the employees explicitly agreed to work under this system made no difference because employees cannot waive their rights under the federal and state wage laws.