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Unpaid overtime for the last 7 years

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  • 02-08-2018 12:07am
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    Jucky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi. How far back can you claim for unpaid overtime. I am working for a company for 7years and I was never paid. I have a contract in which is mentioned about overtime payment but they never paid me. They said they will pay only for the last 6 months.


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    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,574 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    I think this is just down to negotiation at this stage.

    It’s equally unreasonable not to pay overtime as it is to leave it seven years to ask for it to be paid.


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    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Jucky wrote: »
    Hi. How far back can you claim for unpaid overtime. I am working for a company for 7years and I was never paid. I have a contract in which is mentioned about overtime payment but they never paid me. They said they will pay only for the last 6 months.


    Why would you continue to work it for 7 years when not getting paid.


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    Jucky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Jucky


    smelly sock wrote: »
    Why would you continue to work it for 7 years when not getting paid.

    I like the job. And I do get paid, except the overtime


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    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Is this the first time you have asked this to be resolved or did you highlight it in the past?

    If this is the first time then I'd say them offering to backdate it six months is reasonable and that you may have bandwidth to renegotiate it to a year. I highly doubt that any company will backdate it seven years.

    If you have highlighted it to them in the past and you have proof then that's a different kettle of fish. You probably will have to engage external help in this case.


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    Jucky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Jucky


    gandalf wrote: »
    Is this the first time you have asked this to be resolved or did you highlight it in the past?

    If this is the first time then I'd say them offering to backdate it six months is reasonable and that you may have bandwidth to renegotiate it to a year. I highly doubt that any company will backdate it seven years.

    If you have highlighted it to them in the past and you have proof then that's a different kettle of fish. You probably will have to engage external help in this case.

    Is for the first time when I asked about this.
    Thank you


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