Is deduction of overtime hours legally valid?
DKTAZILANOM9909
(Querist) 20 July 2013
This query is : Resolved
Sir, I am working in a central PSU covered under the Factory Act 1948. In our organization when a worker does overtime in a day of a week his overtime hours is deducted if that worker takes any Earn Leave(EL) or Sick Leave(SL) in any day of that week. My weekly off day is Sunday. I have taken many times SL / EL on Monday or Tuesday in that week and when I have done overtime on Wednesday or Thursday, overtimes hours were deducted for the overtimes done on that Wednesday or Thursday showing the reason that when we are taking SL / EL in a week we are not completing 48 hours in that week. Our organization’s overtime rule is that if a worker's duty hours exceeds 48 hours in a week he will get double pay in excess of 48 hours. My question is when we are taking SL/EL ARE WE NOT COMPLETING 48 HRS IN THAT WEEK and whether Management's such decision is legally valid or not? If it is not legally valid then what will we do?
