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  • 18-05-2015 8:12pm
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    GoWhest
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    I'm currently in a job where the normal working hours are 9-5. Usually coming up to year end, it gets very busy and were expected to work beyond these hours. In the past, the extra time worked up has been allowed as time off in lieu during the quieter periods. Last year when we were working overtime we understood that this practice would continue. However the company now states that it doesn't allow overtime and has started to disallow people to take time already worked up. In some cases time already taken has been withdrawn and employees told that their annual leave has been reduced accordingly. The company does not have an overtime policy but contracts do state that employees may be required to work beyond the normal hours. This has annoyed a lot of people as many wouldn't have worked the hours they did had they known they wouldn't receive the benefit. Is this setting that can be fought with the company or is it something that has to be taken on the chin?


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    skallywag
    Registered Users Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭skallywag


    It's very bad form to have employees under the impression that time compensation will be granted for overtime and for the company then to renege on this. Have you any visibility on why there was a change of policy here? e.g. is the company possibly under heavy financial strain which may be necessitating such a decision?

    What level of time compensation is being requested, is it a 1:1 for each hour worked or more or less?


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