One of the managers in your organization has come to you and asked that they be
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One of the managers in your organization has come to you and asked that they be paid overtime for last week. The employee is concerned because their immediate supervisor is disputing the overtime claim. Following is the person’s work pattern for the week.
Monday = 10 hours Wednesday = 10 hours Friday = 5 hours
Tuesday = 10 hours Thursday = 10 hours
Answer the following questions based on the above situation:
1) The employee requests 8 hours of overtime (based on working 2 extra hours on 4 different days). What is your reply?
2) The supervisor wants to give 5 hours comp. time instead of overtime. If yours is a public sector organization, what is your reply?
3) The supervisor wants to give 5 hours comp. time instead of overtime. If yours is a private sector organization, what is your reply?
Explanation / Answer
Q1) As the employee worked on half the time on Friday, he cannot be paid 2 extra hours on each of the days and only paid for 5 hours extra based on the overall hours count.
Q2) If it is a public sector organization, overtime is preferred over compensatory off.
Q3) If it is a private sector organization, whatever is provided by the supervisor needs to be accepted though a negotiation request can be done. Hence, 5 hours compensatory off can be accepted in a private sector.
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