Unpaid overtime workers are missing out on £4,955 a year!

7th January 2008

The number of employees working unpaid overtime increased by 103,000 in 2007, bringing the total to nearly five million, according to a analysis of official statistics published by the TUC.

It says employees who work unpaid overtime would receive an extra £4,955 a year if they were paid for the additional hours they are putting in. The average amount of unpaid overtime is seven hours and six minutes a week.

The TUC has calculated that if everyone in the UK who works unpaid overtime did all their unpaid work at the start of the year, the first day they would get paid would be Friday 22 February.

The biggest increases in the number of employees working unpaid overtime was in Yorkshire and Humberside (38,000), the Eastern region (37,000) and London (32,000). The numbers fell sharply in the East Midlands (-57,000) and the North-West (-41,000).

This news was taken from The Recruiter