Overtime

[woodgrain]

If you are asked to work overtime Saturday 6-12 and Sunday 6-12 and sign your name to say you will work, and do not turn up, or even phone, could you get into trouble.

[Numbers]

Quite possibly, depending on the type of work you were scheduled to perform and the number of workmates who did show up. I dare say you'll find out when you go in next.

[Snappy]

yes. Overtime is as important as normal time. Some one else could have had that time!

[football]

Lodekka & Snappy both got it wrong. woodgrain is the personnel manager & only asking our opinion. If ypu were the one supposed to work the weekend but didnt, bash yourself over the head with the company rule book. You missed out on a load of money.

[Kev_UK]

Where I work they plan what overtime shifts need covering. If you say you will do it and then fail to show, you have taken an overtime shift that someone else could have had, and you let the company down. We have a policy where if a person fails to show for overtime they cannot do overtime for a certain period, that period increases with the number of times someone fails to show up. If you have a valid reason for not showing up (we all have emergencies) then phone in as soon as you know you cannot attend, so alternative cover can be sourced if required.

[Numbers]

football - you know as well as I do that's not apparent from the question!

[apricot]

If woodgrain IS the personnel manager and the business IS in the UK then they need to take note of the Working Time Regulations 1998.