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Overtime rates
Cap. 287, s. 6 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Every shop assistant shall be paid, for all overtime worked by him, in addition to his normal wages, a sum equal to half as much again as his normal hourly rate of wages, for each hour or part of an hour of overtime worked by him. Such rate shall not be less than ninety-four cents per hour.
(2) The normal hourly rate of wages of a shop assistant shall be determined as follows,
(a) if the shop assistant is paid a weekly wage, by dividing such wage by his normal weekly hours;
(b) if the shop assistant is paid a monthly wage,
by multiplying such monthly wage by twelve and dividing the product by fifty-two and again by his normal weekly hours.
(3) Non-payment for overtime to any shop assistant shall be an offence against this Act.
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