Deadlines · OSH Code
Overtime wages
- Every wage period
- Employer
What to do
Pay overtime at twice the rate of wages for work beyond eight hours in a day for a daily wager, or beyond forty-eight hours in a week for any other worker rule 69(1) s. 27.
Who it applies to
Workers in an establishment rule 69(1). Under the OSH Code an establishment is a place in which ten or more workers are employed s. 2(1)(v).
In the checklist: OSH Code establishment.
When
At the end of each wage period rule 69(1).
How
A fraction of an hour between 15 to 30 minutes counts as thirty minutes, and more than thirty minutes counts as an hour rule 69(2).
Overtime may not exceed one hundred forty-four hours in any quarter of a year rule 69(4), proviso.
A worker works overtime only with their consent s. 27, proviso.
Record overtime in the register of wages, overtime and deductions in Form XV rule 72(1).
Forms
- Form XV of the OSH (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 284
Forms lose their layout when extracted; use the official PDF to fill them in.