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Under an averaging agreement, you and your employer can enter into a written agreement that allows your employer to schedule your working time in a way that better meets the employer’s needs. | Under an averaging agreement, you and your employer can enter into a written agreement that allows your employer to schedule your working time in a way that better meets the employer’s needs. | ||
In effect, an averaging agreement allows your employer to compress your regularly scheduled | In effect, an averaging agreement allows your employer to compress your regularly scheduled work week into fewer, longer work days without paying the usual overtime. | ||
To use a simple example: If you usually work 40 hours a week, on average, under a one-week averaging agreement, your employer could schedule you to work for 10 hours a day for the four busiest days of work. In this case, your 40- hour, five-day work week has been | To use a simple example: If you usually work 40 hours a week, on average, under a one-week averaging agreement, your employer could schedule you to work for 10 hours a day for the four busiest days of work. In this case, your 40-hour, five-day work week has been "averaged" to fit into four days of 10 hours each. No overtime is paid for the 10-hour days. | ||
Averaging agreements can be complicated. To find out more <span class="noglossary">contact</span> the Employment Standards Branch or read the fact sheet on averaging agreements on the Employment Standards Branch website at | Averaging agreements can be complicated. To find out more <span class="noglossary">contact</span> the Employment Standards Branch or read the fact sheet on averaging agreements on the Employment Standards Branch website at [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb]. | ||
[http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb] | |||
===Overtime pay=== | ===Overtime pay=== | ||