Overtime pay calculator Belize 2026

Under the Labour Act, nobody has to work more than 9 hours hours of actual work in a day or 45 hours hours in a week. Work beyond those limits, at the employer's request, is paid at no less than 1.5 times the ordinary rate.

Enter your normal pay, say when you worked the extra hours and how many there were. The calculator shows the rate per hour and the total.

How it's calculated

The ordinary rate is your weekly wage for a 45 hour week divided by 45. Section 116 says overtime is calculated from the gross weekly wage for that week.
Hours beyond the daily or weekly limit, hours on a Sunday or agreed rest day, and hours on a public holiday are paid at 1.5 times the ordinary rate.
Hours on Christmas Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday are paid at 2 times the ordinary rate.
Monthly pay is turned into weekly pay by multiplying by 12 and dividing by 52.
People in supervision or management, or in a confidential role, are outside these rules, as section 119 sets out.

An example

A worker earns BZ$10.00 an hour and works 8 hours beyond the daily limit. The rate is BZ$15.00 an hour, so the pay for those hours is BZ$120.00, which is BZ$40.00 above ordinary pay.

A worker on BZ$900 a month has an ordinary rate of BZ$4.62 an hour. Eight hours on Good Friday at double time come to BZ$73.92.