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Overtime
Cap. 297, s. 118 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) If any worker works for and at the request of his employer on a public holiday or a Sunday or other agreed rest day or for more than nine hours in any day or forty-five hours in any week, he shall be paid wages for such extra work at the following rates–
(a) on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday - at a rate of not less than double his ordinary rate of pay;
(b) on public holidays other than those set out in paragraph (a) hereof - at a rate of not less than one and one-half times his ordinary rate of pay;
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(c) on Sundays or other agreed rest days - at a rate of not less than one and one-half times his ordinary rate of pay; and
(d) for hours worked in excess of nine hours in any day or forty-five hours in any week - at a rate of not less than one and one-half times his ordinary rate of pay.
(2) In the case of workers remunerated by the piece or by the task and who are subject to continuous supervision, the expression ordinary rate of pay shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be the piece-rate or the task-rate.
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