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Any hours you put in over the standard hours of work are considered overtime hours.

You are entitled to overtime pay for those hours, with the following exceptions.

Managers and professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, dentists, architects and engineers, cannot claim overtime.
Averaged Hours of Work: Overtime only applies after exceeding the standard hours of an averaging period (which are determined by multiplying the number of weeks in the averaging period by 40).
Modified Work Schedules: Overtime is paid after the approved daily or weekly hours. For example, when a compressed work week consists of four days of 10 hours each, overtime is payable after 10 hours in a day and 40 hours in a week. Overtime is also paid after an average of 40 hours in a week where the schedule consists of two or more weeks.

Any time worked on a holiday is calculated in a different manner. For more information please contact the Labour Program.