Anybody have experience with these? My employer is implementing one and it feels like I'm going to be getting royally screwed over.
A little background info:
- Office worker
- 100% Salary - Bi-Weekly
- Not part of OT exemptions
- Have been paid OT before based on anything over 8 hours per day (@ regular pay rate, not 1.5 (with my agreement)
- Work week is regular 40 hours (8-5, 5 days)
- No previous written overtime agreements in place
Now, the new agreement has the following:
- Anything over 48 hours per week will be given as time off (at regular time, not 1.5)
- If time off not used after 3 months, it is paid out at regular pay.
From my previous battles obtaining my OT earned, I've had to bring to their attention that according to the employment standards, OT pay is calculated two ways. The ways being anything over 8 hours/day and anything over 44 hours/week. The higher of those two calculations is the OT paid. This agreement I'm to sign effectively negates the 8 hrs/day calculation and basically nullifies my OT, giving the employer a free day and a 6 day work week while only paying 5.
Now, my question is... do overtime agreements trump anything that the employments standards state? I know in tenant standards, the standard itself will override a lease agreement if there is a disagreement between the two. According to the website:
http://employment.alberta.ca/cps/rde....xsl/1470.html it states that time must still be paid at 1.5, not straight across.
I'm a little peeved because of this.