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Alaska offers some of the strongest wage protections in the country, including a strict 8-hour daily overtime rule and a $14.00 minimum wage with NO tip credit allowed. When your employer fails to pay you properly, Alaska law provides powerful remedies.
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Get an estimate of what you're owed in just 60 seconds. This calculator is based on federal FLSA laws and includes liquidated damages (double your unpaid wages).
Alaska is one of the few states that requires Daily Overtime (time-and-a-half after 8 hours in a day), regardless of weekly hours. Additionally, Alaska does not allow a tip credit, meaning tipped employees must earn the full $14.00 minimum wage before tips.
| Provision | Alaska Law | Federal FLSA | Which Applies? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overtime Threshold | 8 hours/day OR 40 hours/week | 40 hours/week | Alaska (Daily OT) |
| Minimum Wage | $14.00/hr | $7.25/hr | Alaska (Significantly Higher) |
| Tipped Wage | $14.00/hr (No Tip Credit) | $2.13/hr | Alaska (Full Wage) |
| Statute of Limitations | 2 years (3 for willful) | 2 years (3 for willful) | Similar |
AK Stat. § 23.10.060
Unlike most states, Alaska requires overtime pay for any hours worked over 8 in a single day. If you work three 12-hour shifts (36 hours total), you are still owed 12 hours of overtime pay.
AK Stat. § 23.10.065
Alaska prohibits employers from using tips effectively to reduce wages. Tipped employees (servers, bartenders) must receive the full minimum wage of $14.00/hr plus all tips.
Exemption Misclassification
While some seafood processing work is exempt, many support roles (cooks, cleaners, maintenance) are often misclassified. "Block rates" or "Day rates" for remote work often fail to account for the massive overtime hours worked.
Oil & Gas Workers
Workers on the North Slope are often paid a flat "day rate" for 12+ hour shifts. You are likely still entitled to overtime pay for hours over 40/week (or 8/day if not exempt).
Compensable Time
Travel to remote work sites (like North Slope or fisheries) may be compensable work time. Mandatory pre-shift meetings or gear-up time ("donning and doffing") must also be paid.
Executive/Admin Exemption
Simply paying a salary does not kill overtime rights. You must manage others or make high-level decisions. Inspecting pipelines or processing fish usually doesn't qualify as exempt.
Common violations on the slope:
Processing plants and vessels:
Nurses and support staff:
Hotels, guides, and restaurants:
Remote and local projects:
Bush pilots and ground crew:
1.5x regular rate for hours over 8/day OR 40/week (whichever is greater)
Can recover additional damages equal to the unpaid wages (effectively doubling recovery)
If your employer calculated overtime based on $2.13 federal rate, they owe you standard overtime based on $14.00+.
In Alaska, you generally have 2 years to file a claim for unpaid wages. This extends to 3 years if the violation was willful. Time is critical.
Employee works four 12-hour days (48 hours total):
How it works: Alaska counts daily overtime FIRST (any hours over 8/day). Those hours don't count toward your weekly total when checking if you've exceeded 40 hours. This protects workers with long shifts that might not trigger federal weekly overtime.
Alaska is one of only a handful of states with daily overtime — and it pairs that with a full minimum wage for tipped workers and annual inflation increases. If you work long shifts on the Slope, in a cannery, or anywhere in Alaska, state law is on your side.
While Paul M. Botros is licensed in Texas and Florida, we successfully help Alaska workers recover unpaid wages in federal and state courts.
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