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Overtime for one

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  • 19-06-2018 7:15am
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    gifted
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    This is aimed at construction workers mainly.

    Work for a mechanical contractor, foreman comes in on a Saturday and gets the overtime but he never asks the rest of us in. Is this normal practice? I always thought that if one in then all in??

    We have said it to him but he still does it.


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    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,800 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Overtime is generally voluntary and down to the employer how many they want in on premium wage. Not entirely unusual for a foreman or supervisor to be asked to come in and prepare the ground work for a following week or finish off/tidy up on the previous weeks work.


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    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,903 ✭✭✭gifted


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Overtime is generally voluntary and down to the employer how many they want in on premium wage. Not entirely unusual for a foreman or supervisor to be asked to come in and prepare the ground work for a following week or finish off/tidy up on the previous weeks work.

    Foreman decides himself to come in, employer does not ask him.


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    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭C3PO


    gifted wrote: »
    Foreman decides himself to come in, employer does not ask him.

    That's between the employer and the foreman - can't imagine they would pay him if they didn't want him to do it!


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    skallywag
    Registered Users Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭skallywag


    C3PO wrote: »
    ...can't imagine they would pay him if they didn't want him to do it!

    This is certainly the case, there is no way his overtime would be approved unless the employer sees a real need for it.

    OP, what exactly have you said to him? If it's simply a case that you feel entitled to it just because he is in a position to work it, then that comes across as pretty petty to be frank.


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    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭harr


    Between Forman and main employer , he must be justifying it someway. We had the same in our last job. Supervisor Would be in every Saturday on his own getting double time, never a word said to him. He told them he was doing paperwork but in reality he was just scratching his hole.. fair dues to him if he can it..I would do the same.


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