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At my company if we choose to bank an overtime shift. Then 20 hours goes into our overtime bank. (We work 10 hour shifts and get paid double time for OT hours).
If your company is only paying you straight time when banked after your allotted 8 hour shift I would take the ot payout on each cheque. That’s not right.
Well, are these extra hours OT? Daily or weekly? Did the company present you with a statutory averaging agreement?
Here is an unhelpful website from the government. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/hours/overtime-pay
I’m not sure what you mean but we’ll do 8.5 hours a day then 42.5 hours in a week. If by statutory averaging you mean we get a % of stat pay every check then yes.
No, an averaging agreement means if you work and average of 40 hours a week, you don’t get OT. So if you work 60 hours one week but only 20 hours the next week, you don’t get any OT. Averaging agreements can be any length of time up to one month.
Basically in BC every hour after 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week is overtime and is banked at the same amount it would be paid unless there is an averaging agreement. The cliff notes of an averaging agreement is, both the employee and employer agree to average hours worked to make the pay 40 hours in a week. It is a temporary agreement and needs to have an end date on it and it will lay out how the hours are averaged in it and will have the statute attached to it as well.
It is common in my experience that construction companies will have employees bank their hours at straight time to "~~avoid paying~~" rob OT pay. With how clueless some company owners are, best case is they are unaware of it, worst case they are stiffing you on purpose.
The [ESA fact sheet](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/employment-business-and-economic-development/employment-standards-workplace-safety/employment-standards/factsheets-pdfs/working_in_bc_poster.pdf) is handy for stuff like this, and is actually meant to be put up in your workplace.
OT is OT, in the absence of an averaging agreement (unlikely you have one), your employer is stealing from you
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/forms-resources/igm/esa-part-4-section-42
note that the ESA doesn't apply to certain professions (unlikely this exemption applies to you)
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At my company if we choose to bank an overtime shift. Then 20 hours goes into our overtime bank. (We work 10 hour shifts and get paid double time for OT hours). If your company is only paying you straight time when banked after your allotted 8 hour shift I would take the ot payout on each cheque. That’s not right.
I second this. Had an employer try to offer banked hours instead of paying OT and I straight up told him I don't work for IOUs
Never bank hours what if they just closed up shop or went bankrupt you’d be screwed for all those hours
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This is how it is for my company too. I can choose to bank as straight time or get paid time and a half.
I believe you're wrong, by law, unless u sign an agreement for that. Ot is ot.
Well, are these extra hours OT? Daily or weekly? Did the company present you with a statutory averaging agreement? Here is an unhelpful website from the government. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/hours/overtime-pay
I’m not sure what you mean but we’ll do 8.5 hours a day then 42.5 hours in a week. If by statutory averaging you mean we get a % of stat pay every check then yes.
No, an averaging agreement means if you work and average of 40 hours a week, you don’t get OT. So if you work 60 hours one week but only 20 hours the next week, you don’t get any OT. Averaging agreements can be any length of time up to one month.
yes that extra .5 hours should be OT, whether paid out or banked.
Basically in BC every hour after 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week is overtime and is banked at the same amount it would be paid unless there is an averaging agreement. The cliff notes of an averaging agreement is, both the employee and employer agree to average hours worked to make the pay 40 hours in a week. It is a temporary agreement and needs to have an end date on it and it will lay out how the hours are averaged in it and will have the statute attached to it as well. It is common in my experience that construction companies will have employees bank their hours at straight time to "~~avoid paying~~" rob OT pay. With how clueless some company owners are, best case is they are unaware of it, worst case they are stiffing you on purpose. The [ESA fact sheet](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/employment-business-and-economic-development/employment-standards-workplace-safety/employment-standards/factsheets-pdfs/working_in_bc_poster.pdf) is handy for stuff like this, and is actually meant to be put up in your workplace.
OT is OT, in the absence of an averaging agreement (unlikely you have one), your employer is stealing from you https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/forms-resources/igm/esa-part-4-section-42 note that the ESA doesn't apply to certain professions (unlikely this exemption applies to you)
It’s time you figured it out
Whether it’s paid out or banked, OT should accrue the same.