Overtime

New and updated

• UK needs to rethink overtime, claims the Resolution Foundation

  Date:

  12 December 2017

  Type:

  News

  One in 10 workers did paid overtime in the UK in the past year but only a fifth received "time and half" or more for working those hours.

• When does overtime have to be included in holiday pay?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Hours of work

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Line manager briefing looking at hours of work, including the rules that prescribe maximum working hours and the process for opting out of those rules, and exploring how to manage overtime and employees who overwork.

• Overtime arrangements and pay survey 2016

  Date:

  11 August 2016

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  We examine overtime working arrangements and pay rates in our 2016 survey.

• Review an overtime system

  Type:

  Tasks

• How to set up and manage an overtime system

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on how to set up and manage an overtime system, including overtime pay; time off in lieu and drafting an overtime policy.

• Introduce an overtime system

  Type:

  Tasks

• Hours of work quiz

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to hours of work.

• Time off in lieu (TOIL)

  Type:

  Employment glossary

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

• Working time: Employer entitled to restrict overtime in respect of non-opted-out employees

  Date:

  17 July 2012

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Arriva London South Ltd v Nicolaou EAT/0293/11, the EAT held that an employer's refusal to allow an employee who had not opted out of the 48-hour week to work overtime on rest days did not give rise to unlawful detriment.