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Employers cannot tell workers to do overtime and yet not pay them
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The main purpose for the overtime cap is to afford protection for employees against onerous overtime.
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Putting in a few hours overtime can mean a welcome lift in your pay cheque at the end of the month but there are bosses who’ll take a mile when you give an inch.
Most employees who work overtime get paid for extra hours, as long as their contracts entitle them to make such claims.
