Q: I hired an employee to work 34-40 hours per week. Through my policies as well verbal communication, I have made it clear that this individual cannot exceed 40 hours for the week without authorization from me. Yet, they frequently work over 40 hours without asking me first. On top of that, they expect to be paid overtime for those hours. I did not approve the overtime hours, so I do not think I should have to pay it. Can I legally refuse to pay overtime when employees work unauthorized overtime?