Required/directed overtime Clause Samples

Required/directed overtime. The Employer may require an employee to work reasonable overtime (taking into account all relevant factors including, but not limited to those set out in section 226(4) of the Act). These factors in section 226(4) include: (a) Any risk to the employee’s health and safety that might reasonably be expected to arise if the employee worked the additional hours; (b) The employee’s personal circumstances (including family responsibilities); (c) The operational requirements of the workplace, or enterprise, in relation to which the employee is required or requested to work the additional hours; (d) Any notice given by the Employer of the requirements or request that the employee work the additional hours; (e) Any notice given by the employee of the employee’s intention to refuse to work the additional hours; (f) Whether any of the additional hours are on a public holiday; (g) The employee’s hours of work over the 4 weeks ending immediately before the employee is required or requested to work the additional hours. An employee may refuse to work overtime in circumstances where the working of overtime would result in the employee working hours which are unreasonable having regard to all relevant factors including, but not limited to those set out above.