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Overtime

Overtime is when an employee works in excess of their regular schedule. This time must be authorized in advance and scheduled by a supervisor and offered on a voluntary basis. Employees have the right to refuse overtime, unless there is an emergency.

Part-time employees are paid overtime for working in excess of the normal workday or workweek of full-time employees.

Overtime is compensated for the following employees groups:

BCGEU	All employees
Nurses	All employees
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union	All employees
PEA	Part-time and auxiliary employees Full-time employees receive an annual compensation that equals 7% of their gross basic salary (not including adds-to-pay or allowances) from January 1 to December 31. This can be taken as pay, time off, or a combination of the two.
Excluded	Schedule A Statutory Term with a bargaining unit classification OIC Category B Other excluded employees (e.g., managers, EAAs, SEAs) are not compensated for overtime.

Compensation

Overtime may be taken as pay at overtime rates, time off or a combination of both. Talk to your supervisor to find out how overtime compensation is provided in your department.

Overtime Rates

Overtime worked on the same day as a regular shift
First 2 hours	Time and one-half*
Beyond 2 hours	Double-time
Overtime worked on a ‘day of rest’
All hours	Double-time
*Exception: Employees in the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union receive double-time for all overtime worked.

Calculating Overtime

Overtime is accounted for in 30-minute increments, for example:

Overtime worked	What to record in Time On Line
10 minutes	0.5 hours
37 minutes	1.0 hours
2 hrs. 18 minutes	2.5 hours

» How to Record Overtime

Guides for recording overtime in Time On Line.

Banking Overtime

Overtime entered in Time On Line is paid out on the employee’s next pay cheque. Overtime hours can also be banked and taken as time off later. As part of the approval and sign off process for an employee’s time card, a supervisor can move the overtime entered to an employee’s CTO (Compensatory Time Off) leave plan.

» Breaks and Meal Allowances

Be sure to take the appropriate amount of time for breaks and get something to eat while working overtime.

» Call-Out

This unexpected call back to work is different than overtime. See examples for how to calculate your time.

Transportation

Reimbursement for transportation expenses is provided if travel from home is required to respond to a call-out or to work overtime between the hours of 11:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. when convenient public transportation or other transportation facilities are not available.

About This Page

Topics: Overtime
Career Phases: Experienced, New
Roles: Auxiliary Employee, Regular Employee, Supervisor
Keywords: overtime, OT