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Overtime condition in contract.

  • 02-10-2008 9:27pm
    #1
    bus77
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    I've recently been given a contract to sign for a new job I've started and I'm a little concerned by this piece in it,

    ''The company reserves the right to change your working hours and you will be required to work overtime where necessary to properly discharge your dutys. Unless otherwise agreed, you will not be entitled to extra remuneration for overtime worked by you from time to time.''

    Is this legal?


Comments

  • #2
    leeroybrown
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    In the case of salaried employees overtime clauses like that are both legal and (based on my experience) very common in contracts. The only notable thing in this case is that the phrase 'will be required to work overtime' is a little stronger than what I'm used to seeing.


  • #3
    kayos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    leeroybrown wrote: »
    The only notable thing in this case is that the phrase 'will be required to work overtime' is a little stronger than what I'm used to seeing.

    Ya the normal is "Overtime may be required". Totally normal and annoying clause in a contract tbh. Some employers really abuse it, some hardly every make use of it.

    Nothing more annoying than a chunk of work landing on your desk at 4pm on a friday and being told "we need this done by monday morning!" When you can see the said chunk of work was ready to be started the previous friday and they just forgot to give it to someone!


  • #4
    anthony4335
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    It is normal to see this sort of thing, in some places it is required that you do a set amount of overtime , usually 8 hours a week. However I am not sure of the "extra remuneration" statement, which would suggest to me that you get paid or allowances for this already. If you know some one working in the place I suggest that you ask them what is it likely to be asked to do over time and how often.


  • #5
    qwertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    Be very careful with "The company reserves the right to change your working hours". I had this in one of my past contracts and the company told me that my new working hours are going to be 22:00 till 06:00. The normal working hours for over half a year before that were the standard 9:00 to 17:00.


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