Benchmarking

Overtime 2016

The 2016 XpertHR benchmarking survey of employers' overtime arrangements and overtime pay rates, based on responses from 163 organisations with a combined workforce of 457,894 employees.

Survey questions

Which occupational groups are eligible to receive overtime payments at your organisation?
How frequently do your organisation's employees work overtime?
- How frequently do your organisation's manual employees work overtime?
- How frequently do your organisation's non-manual employees work overtime?
- How frequently do your organisation's other employees work overtime?
What overtime premia does your organisation pay?
- What overtime premia does your organisation pay to employees working on weekdays?
- What overtime premia does your organisation pay to employees working on Saturdays?
- What overtime premia does your organisation pay to employees working on Sundays?
- What overtime premia does your organisation pay to employees working on bank holidays?
On what basis is overtime pay at your organisation calculated?
What qualifying period do employees at your organisation have to work before receiving overtime payments?
At what stage do part-time employees at your organisation become eligible for overtime payments?
Is there any earnings or grade cut-off point above which overtime is not paid to employees at your organisation?
- What is the earnings or grade cut-off point above which overtime is not paid to employees at your organisation?
Are any employees at your organisation contractually obliged to work overtime?
What percentage of your organisation's employees work paid overtime regularly?
- What percentage of your organisation's manual employees work paid overtime regularly?
- What percentage of your organisation's non-manual employees work paid overtime regularly?
- What percentage of your organisation's other employees work paid overtime regularly?
Does your organisation collect data on its annual overtime pay spend?
- What percentage of your organisation's paybill was spent on overtime pay over the last 12 months?
Is any excessive or unnecessary paid overtime worked at your organisation?
Who has the final say on the allocation of paid overtime in your organisation?
Has your organisation attempted to reduce the amount of paid overtime worked over the last year?
What actions has your organisation taken to reduce the amount of paid overtime worked over the last year?
- How has your organisation attempted to reduce the amount of paid overtime worked over the last year?
How has the amount of overtime worked at your organisation changed over the last year?
- How has the amount of paid overtime worked at your organisation changed over the last year?
- How has the amount of unpaid overtime worked at your organisation changed over the last year?
Which occupational groups work unpaid overtime at your organisation?
What percentage of your organisation's employees work unpaid overtime regularly?
How much unpaid overtime do employees at your organisation work?
- How much unpaid overtime do manual employees at your organisation work?
- How much unpaid overtime do non-manual employees at your organisation work?
- How much unpaid overtime do other employees at your organisation work?
What kind of impact has overtime working had on your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on employee productivity at your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on employee motivation at your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on employee retention at your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on employee absence at your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on the ability to cover absence at your organisation?
- What kind of impact has overtime working had on your organisation's ability to meet objectives?
How do you think employees at your organisation feel about paid overtime?
Are any changes to overtime arrangements at your organisation planned over the next year?
Overtime 2016: List of survey participants

Additional information

Date:: 21 June 2016
Source:: XpertHR Surveys
Participants:: 163

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