Work out your overtime pay rate from your salary in seconds. Enter your pay, contracted hours and overtime multiplier to see your standard rate, overtime rate, and total overtime pay.
Annual salary ÷ 52 ÷ contracted hours per week.
Standard rate × your overtime multiplier (e.g. 1.5x for time and a half).
Overtime hourly rate × the number of overtime hours worked.
No. Overtime pay is taxed exactly the same way as your normal salary through PAYE — there is no separate overtime tax rate. However, extra overtime income can push some of your earnings into a higher tax band or reduce your Personal Allowance if your total income rises above certain thresholds.
It depends on your contract. If your employment contract includes a clause requiring overtime when reasonably requested, you can usually be required to work it. If your contract is silent on overtime, your employer generally cannot force you to work it without your agreement, though refusing reasonable requests repeatedly could affect your employment relationship.
If you work a consistent pattern of overtime over a long period (commonly cited as around 3 months or more) and your employer has not objected, it can become an implied contractual right or expectation, even if not written into your original contract. This is assessed case by case under UK employment law.
If you work regular, guaranteed overtime, it should normally be included when calculating your holiday pay. Genuinely voluntary, irregular overtime may still count towards holiday pay under recent UK case law if it forms a regular part of your normal remuneration.
It depends on your pension scheme rules. Many workplace pension schemes calculate contributions on basic pay only, excluding overtime, but some schemes do include overtime earnings. Check your specific scheme's definition of pensionable pay or ask your employer's HR/payroll team.
Yes, apprentices can work overtime if their contract allows it, subject to working time and, for apprentices under 18, additional working hours restrictions. Overtime pay for apprentices must still meet at least the Apprentice National Minimum Wage for standard hours, with any overtime paid at the rate set out in their contract.