Overtime

New and updated

• Date:

  28 November 2023

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Take part in our shift working survey

  Take part in XpertHR's shift working survey to understand shift patterns and the going rates for shift premiums at UK organisations.

• Type:

  FAQs

  When does overtime have to be included in holiday pay?

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Overtime and time off in lieu policy

  A model policy to set out to set out the organisation's position in relation to overtime, overtime pay and time off in lieu.

• Type:

  Training

  Hours of work - line manager training

  Line manager training resource 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.

• Date:

  11 August 2016

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Overtime arrangements and pay survey 2016

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

• Type:

  How to

  How to set up and manage an overtime system

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

• Type:

  Tasks

  Introduce, manage and review an overtime system

• Type:

  Training

  Hours of work quiz - line manager training

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

• Date:

  30 January 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Overtime refusal for not opting out of 48-hour working week not a detriment

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a worker who had not opted out of the 48-hour working week did not suffer detrimental treatment when his employer refused him the opportunity to work voluntary overtime on a rest day. 

• Type:

  FAQs

  Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, are agency workers entitled to be paid the same overtime rates as direct recruits?