Not Paid Overtime for Saturdays

Beancounter

I started a new job yesterday after a couple of weeks unemployed.

I was offered a salary of £18500 and given the hours of work etc. part of that was working 5 hours every second Saturday. I assumed that the Saturday would be overtime but it seems this is not the case. The weekday hours are 42.5 so I will be averaging 45 per week.

It's my fault as I didn't get anything in writing before starting and didnt ask the question before starting. The job was arranged via an agency who seemed a bit too keen to get me to start yesterday.

Anyway, probably not much I can do about it but has anyone been in this sort of situation expecting different terms and renegotiated after starting?

GwylimT

Why did you think you would be paid more on a Saturday?

McKneff

This is quite normal when you are salaried.

Read your contract

Beancounter

I have not received any contract or any other kind of paperwork. Only an email from the agency with start date, basic salary and address of the company.

As I said, I didnt expect to be abe to do anything about it, I was just asking if anyone here had a similar experience.

Daedalus

Overtime applies to hours worked above those which you are contracted, not the specific days you work.

ossie

A lot of shop workers do not get extra for working weekends. Their contracts just state X amount of hours over X amount of days. You are not alone!

Beancounter

I'm not moaning about working Saturdays. It's just that I have been used to jobs with with 37 to 40 hour working weeks so 45+ is a bit of a culture shock for me

Torry_Quine

Beancounter wrote: »

I'm not moaning about working Saturdays. It's just that I have been used to jobs with with 37 to 40 hour working weeks so 45+ is a bit of a culture shock for me

It isn't overtime though, that would be over and above your regular hours.

Beancounter

The question I should have asked was has anyone tried to renegotiate salary after starting?

As the salary offered was midway through the advertised band I should have held out for more. Tough luck on me:p

zzzLazyDaisy

Welcome to the world of a salaried worker! Most professionals - lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc etc are salaried - what that means is you work the hours required to get the job done.

As you have only been there a couple of months, I suggest that you keep your head down, keep quiet, and get on with your work.

Why? Because since the law changed on 6th April 2012, the employer can dismiss you for any reason or no reason at all within the first two years, and you have no protection in law (the exception being a dismissal for a reason relating to a protected characteristic).

So making yourself unpopular this soon after starting work could be a really bd move, career-wise.

notanewuser

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Welcome to the world of a salaried worker! Most professionals - lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc etc are salaried - what that means is you work the hours required to get the job done.

As you have only been there a couple of months, I suggest that you keep your head down, keep quiet, and get on with your work.

Why? Because since the law changed on 6th April 2012, the employer can dismiss you for any reason or no reason at all within the first two years, and you have no protection in law (the exception being a dismissal for a reason relating to a protected characteristic).

So making yourself unpopular this soon after starting work could be a really bd move, career-wise.

Couple of months? The OP started YESTERDAY!!!