Clocks Go Forward - Extra Hour = Paid Extra On Night Shift?

[joko]

just curious

a friend works nightshifts and has noted on facebook that his usual 12 hours shift is now a 13 hr shift

this must happen a lot to a lot of people - how do companies deal with this?
i mean do they pay for an extra hours work?
i would think they should, but do they legally have to?

or send people home an hour early?

thanks

[Buenchico]

When I worked on the railways, we were nominally 'salaried' but with an equivalent hourly rate calculated so that we could still be paid extra if we worked additional hours.

However, when the clocks went back or forward, it was the 'salaried' bit that took precedence and we were paid exactly the same for the longer (or shorter) shift than for a normal one.

As long as the average hourly rate of pay doesn't fall below the National Minimum Wage, there is never any legal obligation upon an employer to pay extra money for extra hours.

[waterboatman]

Quite right Chris.

[pixie374]

(They go back). The people I know doing Knightsbridge are getting paid the same, but take longer breaks. They were told it would even out when the clocks go forward, but of course, it isn't always the same people who will work that night.

[pixie374]

....nightshifts, not Knightsbridge... autocorrect :-)

[janbee]

Baaacckkkk !!!!

[VHG]

Best way to remember.

Spring FORWARD, Fall BACK.

[bednobs]

hii don't knpw any compny that pay an extr hour. They would effectvely be paying for a 25 hour day, but days only have 24 hours in them

[Baldric]

If clocks go forward he will only work 11 hours not 12

[Jackdaw33]

A company I worked for paid 13 hours and 11 hours.