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Sunday 23 February 2014

Unpaid overtime rife in public services

‘Unpaid overtime is more common in the public sector, with more than one in four public servants doing unpaid overtime compared to around one in six of workers in the private sector. More than a quarter (27.4 per cent) of public sector staff did unpaid overtime of at least an hour a week in 2013, up from 24.8 per cent in 2003. The average amount of unpaid overtime done by these staff is 7 hours 42 minutes a week’ according to a new analysis of official figures published by the TUC:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/work-life-balance/women-workers-public-sector-drive-increase-unpaid-overtime