History — 174

Overtime pay or time off 174 (1) Subject to any regulations made under section 175, when an employee is required or permitted to work overtime, they are entitled to (a) be paid for the overtime at a rate of wages not less than one and one-half times their regular rate of wages; or (b) be granted not less than one and one-half hours of time off with pay for each hour of overtime worked, subject to subsections (2) to (5). Conditions (2) An employee is entitled to time off for overtime worked only if, (a) at their request, they and the employer enter into an agreement in writing providing for the taking of time off, subject to paragraph (b) and subsections (3) to (5), on a date or dates agreed on by them and the employer; and (b) the time off is taken within a period of three months after the end of the pay period in which the overtime was worked, or within any longer period set out in (i) if the employee is subject to a collective agreement, the collective agreement, or (ii) if the employee is not subject to a collective agreement, the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) or any other agreement in writing entered into by them and the employer. Maximum period (3) The longer period r…