employment

[bundoran]

can your employer cut your overtime and bring someone else in to do it at half your rate of pay?

[factor-fiction]

Do you mean cut the number of hours of overtime or the rate of pay? If you mean the former, the employer is under no obligation to find overtime for you, and can no doubt make a good business case for paying someone at a lower rate, subject to any sex discrimination issues

[4getmenot]

yes overtime is just that overtime and not your contracted hours, so they dont have to give you those hours

[ubasses]

I would say yes. If he has staff working enough overtime to show he requires another member of staff much better to give someone a job.

[bundoran]

yes cut the rate of pay

[4getmenot]

well no they cannot cut your hourly rate but can stop you doing overtime and advertise for a new person at alot less.

[factor-fiction]

Buildersmate will know whether they need to consult/give notice of a change to overtime rates. I'm not sure they do- it may be different to just changing your rate of pay

[Maydup]

Yes, it would be more cost effective foe the employer to take on another person than cpontinue to pay overtime at a higher rate. Miostly overtime is used to cover sickness, emergencies or extra busy times. Once it becomes more regular they are likely to create a new more junior position to cover this extra regular work. Overtime is very rarely guarenteed on either side so can be taken away in just the same way as you can in theory refuse it.

[buildersmate]

I can add nothing to add to what others have said. Maidup is spot on..