Common use of Excess Hours Clause in Contracts

Excess Hours. 15.1 If an employee, at the request of the employer, works more than 332 hours in any 8 week cycle, the employee will be entitled to: • Time off in lieu (on an hour for hour basis) of such excess hours worked, taken at the convenience of the employee and the employer within 12 months of it being accrued, and in association with a period of planned leave; or • payment at overtime rates for the excess hours worked, that is, time and a half for the first 3 hours and double time thereafter. 15.2 The employee will have discretion as to which option is to apply in each instance.

Excess Hours. 15.1 If an employee, at the request of the employer, works more than 332 hours in any 8 week cycle, the employee will be entitled to: • Time off in lieu (on an hour for hour basis) of such excess hours worked, taken at the convenience of the employee and the employer within 12 months of it being accrued, and in association with a period of planned leave; or • payment at overtime rates for the excess hours worked, that is, time and a half for the first 3 hours and double time thereafter. 15.2 The employee will have discretion as to which option is to apply in each instance.