Manage overtime

Use of part-time staff or other forms of flexible working could reduce your dependency on overtime.

Employers are free to make their own arrangements concerning overtime rates for part-time staff. You can insist that part-time workers work the normal full-time hours in your organisation at basic rates before being entitled to an overtime premium. Otherwise, they could earn more than their full-time counterparts. Full-time hours can vary in organisations eg the full-time hours in one organisation could be 37.5 hours and in another it could be 40 hours.

However, once a part-time worker has worked more than the normal full-time hours, you must pay them the same hourly rate of overtime as a comparable full-time worker. Employing part-time workers.