In Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California, the Supreme Court of California held that the per-hour value of a flat-sum bonus earned during a single pay period should be calculated, for the purpose of determining the employee’s overtime compensation, by dividing the amount of the bonus by the total number of overtime hours the employee worked during the pay period.

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