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**Chris** · 03-03-2011, 09:55

That's not uncommon for office work though. Your contract will state that you have a basic working week (probably 35 or 37.5 hours) and that occasional overtime is required. However it will also state that your salary is calculated on the assumption you will do overtime and that it contains an allowance for this already.

Just because you have an arrangement like this, doesn't mean that people who do not (i.e. people such as police, in this case), shouldn't get overtime when it's earned. A contract is a contract.

I guess the problem is, you probably weren't working there at the time they switched away from calculated overtime. If you had been, you would have seen the jump in your salary. I know plenty of people this has happened to (most of them quite a bit older than us, to be fair) and at the time they thought it was a good deal.

Personally, while I enjoy my work, it's not the main focus of my life. It serves me because it puts a roof over my family's head and food on the table. I do what I do well, and thoroughly, but I expect to get paid for it.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,264	Re: Cutting pay for the Police - what next That's not uncommon for office work though. Your contract will state that you have a basic working week (probably 35 or 37.5 hours) and that occasional overtime is required. However it will also state that your salary is calculated on the assumption you will do overtime and that it contains an allowance for this already. Just because you have an arrangement like this, doesn't mean that people who do not (i.e. people such as police, in this case), shouldn't get overtime when it's earned. A contract is a contract. I guess the problem is, you probably weren't working there at the time they switched away from calculated overtime. If you had been, you would have seen the jump in your salary. I know plenty of people this has happened to (most of them quite a bit older than us, to be fair) and at the time they thought it was a good deal. Personally, while I enjoy my work, it's not the main focus of my life. It serves me because it puts a roof over my family's head and food on the table. I do what I do well, and thoroughly, but I expect to get paid for it.