Surplus value of unpaid overtime
12 January 2010
A TUC study shows that while the number of people who regularly worked unpaid overtime fell from the previous year, the average value of that work was the highest since records began in the late 1990s.
The study found more than five million people worked an average of seven hours 12 minutes a week, worth £5,402 a year – an increase of £263 on 2008.
Of these, almost 900,000 regularly worked more than 10 hours a week for free.
The biggest rises were in London, the north west and north east. Wales was the only area which saw a fall in the average value of unpaid overtime.
The TUC has calculated that if everyone who worked unpaid overtime did it from the start of the year, they would start getting paid on Friday 26 February.
This day has been declared Work Your Proper Hours Day, where employers will be asked to thank staff for the extra work they are doing to help organisations through the recession.
More information about how unpaid overtime breaks down by area is available on the TUC website.
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