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Statute of Limitations Overtime and minimum wage claims must be filed within 2 years from the date the work was performed. Wage and benefit claims must be filed within 3 years from the date the work was performed.

Several states, including Alaska, have higher minimum thresholds. Currently, to qualify as “exempt” from local minimum and overtime wage laws under Alaska Statute 23.05. 055(b), an employee's weekly salary must be at least twice the amount a person would make working forty hours at minimum wage.

In Alaska, the statute of limitations for enforcing a judgment is ten years (Alaska Stat. Ann. § 09.10. 040(a)).

5) Can my employer give me “comp time” instead of paying me overtime? No. Giving you comp time instead of your overtime wages is not lawful in Alaska. You are entitled to overtime pay when you work overtime hours, and it must be paid on your paycheck and shown on your paystub.

Several states, including Alaska, have higher minimum thresholds. Currently, to qualify as “exempt” from local minimum and overtime wage laws under Alaska Statute 23.05. 055(b), an employee's weekly salary must be at least twice the amount a person would make working forty hours at minimum wage.

Statute of Limitations Overtime and minimum wage claims must be filed within 2 years from the date the work was performed. Wage and benefit claims must be filed within 3 years from the date the work was performed.

Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Alaska's minimum wage is $10.85 per hour. This is calculated by multiplying all hours worked in the pay period by $10.85. This amount is the least amount that can be paid to an employee as wages, unless an exemption applies.