Overtime Hours

The employer shall pay the worker an additional wage for overtime hours equivalent to the hourly wage plus (50%) of his basic wage, and the employer may, with the consent of the worker, calculate for the worker days of compensatory paid leave in lieu of the wage due to the worker for overtime hours. The regulation shall specify the relevant provisions.

If the operation in the establishment is based on the weekly standard of working hours, the hours in excess of the hours taken for this standard shall be considered as overtime.

All working hours performed on public holidays are considered as overtime working hours.

The additional working hours during the year may not exceed seven hundred and twenty hours; and it is permissible, with the consent of the worker, to increase the number of additional hours beyond that (Article (22) of the Executive Regulations)