‘Extreme’ unpaid overtime on the increase during recession: Teachers the worst offenders!
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Surprise, surprise! Teachers, together with lawyers have been found to be those most likely to do more than 10 hours of unpaid overtime, with about one in five employees working an extra 17 hours a week for no payment.
The number of staff working more than 10 hours a week in unpaid overtime shot up by 14,000 last year.
Research conducted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found nearly 900,000 workers undertook ‘extreme’ overtime last year.
More than five million people across the UK clocked up an average of seven hours and 12 minutes’ unpaid overtime a week worth £27.4bn, or £5,402 each.
The figures come as the TUC today marks ‘Work Your Proper Hours Day’ to highlight that if the average person who does unpaid overtime did all of their extra work at the start of the year, today would be their first paid day of work. But those who do more than 10 hours a week in unpaid overtime would not start getting paid until 26 April.
Below are a number of links to further information on the subject which offers plenty of opportunity to discuss a wide range of cultural and motivational issues connected with employee remuneration.
HR Case Studies: General introduction to subject
TUC article: Teachers and lawyers most likely to work “extreme” overtime
Website: Work your proper hours day 2010
Website: European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
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