Here you’ll find answers to some of the common questions asked about overtime.
Visit the Mileage & Overtime page for more information on this subject.
The time in lieu, should be equal to the amount of hours that would have been paid.
e.g. A 35hr worker, working 4 hours on a Saturday, payment would normally be 2hrs at PT and 2 hours at T½. Therefore if taking the time back they would get 5hrs.
Completed forms must be approved by your line manager and then emailed to Social Work Overtime email inbox where staff will ensure this is processed into your pay.
If you process your overtime via mySelf, you can check within mySelf the date this was submitted to your manager for authorisation and whether your manager has authorised it.
If your manager has authorised it, it will be paid in line with the payroll deadlines available within the Service Payrun Schedules
Please note if your claim is sitting as ‘provisional’, you have not submitted it yet.
If not processed via mySelf, check that your manager has received and authorised your overtime and submitted it for processing via iTrent by the deadline for your pay.
If authorised and processed in time for the deadline, and you have not received payment, contact the People Helpdesk for further investigation.
If you process your overtime via mySelf, check within mySelf the date this was authorised by your manager against the deadline for your pay, which is available within the Service Payrun Schedules. If authorised in time for the deadline, contact the People Helpdesk for further investigation.
If not processed via mySelf, check that your manager has authorised your overtime and submitted it for processing via iTrent by the deadline for your pay. If authorised and processed in time for the deadline, contact the People Helpdesk for further investigation.
This information can be found within the Service Payrun Schedules.
In allocating overtime to an employee, you must adhere to the rules set out within the Working Time Regulations/Directive – further information can be found as follows:
– https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours
– https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work
For example:
– You can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average – normally averaged over 17 weeks.
– If you’re under 18, you can’t work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. (Your working hours can’t be averaged out if you’re under 18.)
– Workers have the right to one uninterrupted 20 minute rest break during their working day, if they work more than 6 hours a day. This could be a tea or lunch break.
– Workers have the right to 11 hours rest between working days, eg if they finish work at 8pm, they shouldn’t start work again until 7am the next day.
– Workers have the right to either:
•an uninterrupted 24 hours without any work each week
•an uninterrupted 48 hours without any work each fortnight
– Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled to:
•a 30 minute rest break if they work more than 4.5 hours (if possible this should be one continuous break)
•daily rest of 12 hours
•weekly rest of 48 hours