(a) Every employee who receives a salary of not more than $4,200 per annum shall receive compensation equal to one and one-half times the regular rate of pay, for overtime work performed.
(b) Every employee who received a salary of more than $4,200 per annum but not more than $6,000 per annum shall receive compensation equal to the regular rate of pay, for overtime work performed.
(c) Every employee who receives a salary of more than $6,000 per annum but not more than $7,500 shall receive compensation equal to the regular rate of pay for overtime work performed up to 10 hours in each biweekly pay period. Every such employee shall receive, for overtime work performed in excess of 10 hours in each biweekly pay period—
(1) three quarters of his regular rate of pay for such overtime work performed during any period between seven days prior to the date of opening and seven days subsequent to the date of adjournment of any regular or special session of the Legislature; and
(2) compensatory time off, with pay, equal to the amount of hours in excess of 10 hours in each biweekly pay period for such overtime worked during any other period.
(d) Every employee who receives a salary of more than $7,500 per annum shall not receive overtime compensation payments, but shall receive compensatory time off equal to the number of hours of overtime work performed.
(e) The phrase “overtime work”, as used in this section, means work in excess of eight hours per day or 40 hours per week, whichever excess is calculated to give an employee the greater compensation.
(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person employed or retained by the Legislature in a professional, legal, consultative, contractual, or scientific capacity.