Common use of Time Off Instead of Overtime Clause in Contracts

Time Off Instead of Overtime. (a) An employee and Anglicare SQ may agree in writing to the employee taking time off instead of being paid for a particular amount of overtime that has been worked by the employee. (b) Any amount of overtime that has been worked by an employee in a particular pay period and that is to be taken as time off instead of the employee being paid for it must be the subject of a separate agreement under clause 6.5.4. (c) An agreement must state each of the following: (i) the number of overtime hours to which it applies and when those hours were worked; (ii) that Anglicare SQ and employee agree that the employee may take time off instead of being paid for the overtime; (iii) that, if the employee requests at any time, Anglicare SQ must pay the employee, for overtime covered by the agreement but not taken as time off, at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked; (iv) that any payment mentioned in subclause 6.5.4(c)(iii) must be made in the next pay period following the request. (d) The period of time off that an employee is entitled to take is the same as the number of overtime hours worked.