Employers cannot tell workers to do overtime and yet not pay them

The main purpose for the overtime cap is to afford protection for employees against onerous overtime. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
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Putting in a few hours overtime can mean a welcome lift in your pay cheque at the end of the month but there are bosses who’ll take a mile when you give an inch.

Most employees who work overtime get paid for extra hours, as long as their contracts entitle them to make such claims.

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