LPA Section 61 — Overtime and holiday-work pay (sections 61 to 63)

Section 61: for overtime on a working day the employer must pay at least 1.5 times the hourly wage rate for the hours worked (1.5 times the per-unit rate for piece-rate employees). Section 62: for work on a holiday under section 28, 29 or 30, an employee who is entitled to holiday pay must be paid at least an additional 1 times the hourly rate on top of the holiday wage, and an employee who is not entitled to holiday pay must be paid at least 2 times the hourly rate. Section 63: for overtime on a holiday the employer must pay at least 3 times the hourly rate. Section 65 removes the right to section 61 and section 63 overtime pay from employees whose authority or duties fall within the listed categories; but employees doing the work in section 65(3) to (9) are instead entitled to pay at the normal working-day hourly rate for the hours worked (not the 1.5 times or 3 times premium), unless the employer agrees to pay overtime. Breach of sections 61, 62 and 63 is punishable under section 144(1).