THE amount of paid overtime has fallen by a quarter in recent years, adding to the financial pressures on families, a new study showed today.
The TUC said 41m paid overtime hours were worked this year, compared with 54m in 2007, before the recession kicked in.
Around 825,000 fewer employees regularly worked paid overtime this year, while the average amount worked fell from 11.2 hours to 10.6 hours a week, the research showed.
The TUC said paid overtime has a “major impact” on the pay of millions of workers.
