Introduction
Every factory has its own policy for employees' rights and welfare. This writing about a policy of working Hours & Overtime Policy of a Garments Industry to get an idea about working Hours & Overtime system.
Purpose:
To provide guidelines to the company's employees about the working hours and overtime policy as per Instruction and
Local law.
Scope:
This policy will be applicable to all employees employed
in the organization.
Working Hour Policy:
1.
Working hour
The
daily working hour is 8 hours a day.
No
worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than 48 hours
(forty-eight hours) in any week.
Provided
that the total hours of work of a worker shall not exceed 60 hours (sixty hours)
in any week and not the average fifty-six hours per week in any year.
All
workers will be allowed one hour rest a day after 5 hours of work.
Factory
and office will start daily work at 8:00 am and will end at 5:00 pm with a rest
of one hour from 01:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Total
working hours in a day will not exceed more than 10 hours including overtime.
If
the daily working hours exceed more than eight hours then there will be 15 minutes
intervals before starting overtime. In case the overtime is for one hour, no
interval will be allowed before overtime.
If
any work is done on a weekly holiday then the workers will be provided a
compensatory weekly holiday as soon as circumstances permit, or an equal number of
the holidays so deprived of. In case the workers desire to get a financial
benefit for the work performed on such a weekly holiday instead of a compensatory
holiday then the day may be considered as overtime duty after discussion and
consensus with PC.
If
any work is done on festival holiday then the workers will be provided two days
compensatory holidays as soon as circumstances permit. In case the workers
desire to get a financial benefit for the work so performed on such weekly
holiday instead of compensatory holiday then the day may be considered as
overtime duty after discussion and consensus with PC.
Overtime
schedule shall be prepared by the Top Management and the Unit-in-charge and Supervisors shall
execute the same accordingly. Under no circumstances the Unit-in-charge and
Supervisors shall override the policies and schedule fixed by the Top
Management. Any violation in this regard shall be treated as an offense on the
part of the Unit-in-charge and Supervisors or executives.
2.
Overtime
The company introduced a policy to ensure voluntary overtime work for the workers. There
shall be a VOLUNTARY OVERTIME SHEET in every section where the workers will put
their signature by 24 hours before as a mark of their willingness to do the
overtime on a particular day. The HR Officers working on the floor will collect
the VOLUNTARY OVERTIME SHEET after before 24 hours and submit the same to the
HR Department. The workers who do not sign the VOLUNTARY OVERTIME SHEET will
leave the factory after normal working hours.
Any
work performed beyond eight hours in a day will be calculated as overtime.
Factory
may do maximum overtime for 2 hours a day.
No
worker shall be required or allowed to do more than 12 hours of overtime in a
week.
Fifteen
minutes will be given for rest if there is any overtime for 2 hours in a day.
3.
Allowance for overtime
Where
a worker works in the factory for more than eight hours in any day or more than
forty-eight hours in a week, he/she shall, in respect of overtime work, be
entitled to allowance at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages.
Provided
that the ordinary rate of wages for calculating overtime allowance under this Labor
law shall not include any bonus or any other additional payment in lieu of
bonus.
The
calculation of per hour overtime is as follows:
Basic
Pay ÷ 208 X 2 = per hour overtime.