Overtime rules in Ontario

First edition, updated July 2011

Employee claims to unpaid overtime have become a hot issue in Canada. With the extensive media attention on the issue, more employees may be making claims. And with the recent proliferation of class-action lawsuits for unpaid overtime, employers are facing risks of claims for enormous damages. The 36-page guide will help you keep your overtime practices and procedures up to date to ensure compliance with employment standards overtime rules in Ontario. The guide provides easy-to-understand explanations of what employers need to know and do to comply as well as practical guidelines, tips, techniques, sample policies, forms and checklists needed when dealing with an employee overtime issue. Please review the Table of Contents. The guide contains the following practical tools and resources:

• Sample overtime policy
• Sample overtime reporting (recording) form
• Sample request for compensatory paid time off in lieu of overtime pay
• Sample overtime bank agreement
• Sample overtime bank record
• Sample agreement for averaging hours of work for overtime entitlement
• Sample authorization form to work overtime
• Sample acknowledgment and understanding of the company policy
• Sample calculating overtime pay owed worksheet

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