I don't think you are. $30.00 dollars an hour give or take a couple bucks is the prevailing wage for most jobs right now. I believe you meant to write triple, not treble, prevailing wages. And nobody is getting 90 bucks an hour to swing a meter in this country. Nobody. Most "house " jobs pay $35-40/hr.
Look, pill swallowing aside, there are state and federal laws which dictate when and if overtime is to be paid. Nearly all the time, at least time and a half is to paid. According to the US Dept of Labor, Wage and Hour Divsion, "You must be paid 1.5 times your basic rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a week. There are some exceptions." 99.97% of the time an hourly worker won't fall under the exceptions. We're not talkling about salaried or exempt folks here so let's get that out of the way right now. This is about hourly craft workers performing a trade. The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act states, "Covered workers must be paid at least one and one-half times their basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 a week..." I could go on and on but I won't.
Bottom line, if technicians are getting paid straight wages for overtime, your company loves you. Because they're billing the client time and a half and paying you straight, and will be perceived as someone they can get one over on. The person who started this thread got his (or her) premium pay because that's the law, and the company knew it.
Sorry, didn't realize the discussion was limited to "meter swingers." For the past 20 (+/-) years I have beed paid straight wages for my 'OT' hours. Some assignments were as a salaried employee, most as an hourly employee. I accept this situation because my hourly wage is high enough to more than compensate for the loss of 1-1/2 times ST rate for OT hours. The 10 years before that was mostly 1-1/2 for OT, I like the situation I have now much better.
BTW, I meant to write treble, not triple. I'll save you the trouble of looking it up:
tre·ble /ˈtrɛbəl/ [treb-uhl]
adjective, noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–adjective
1.
threefold; triple. 2. Music .
a. of or pertaining to the highest part in harmonized music; soprano.
b. of the highest pitch or range, as a voice part, voice, singer, or instrument.
c. high in pitch; shrill.
–noun
3. Music .
a. the treble or soprano part.
b. a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
4. a high or shrill voice or sound.
5. the highest-pitched peal of a bell.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to make or become three times as much or as many; triple.