If staff who regularly work unpaid overtime did all their
extra hours from the start of the year they wouldn't get paid until 1 March
2013. The TUC has named this day Work Your Proper Hours Day to celebrate their
hard work.
Now in its ninth year, Work Your Proper Hours Day is a
light-hearted campaign that celebrates the unsung - and unrewarded - hours that
staff put in to help their employer and boost the UK economy.
On this Friday the TUC will be urging bosses to let their
staff take a proper lunch hour and leave work on time, and to lead by example
by working their proper hours too.
Last year, the TUC found that employees across the UK
worked nearly two billion unpaid hours, worth over £29bn to the economy.
This year Work Your Proper Hours Day will look at whether
the amount of unpaid hours worked has risen or fallen in recent years, as well
as which jobs and regions of the UK do the most unpaid overtime.
To find out more about Work Your Proper Hours Day
please go to www.workyourproperhoursday.org.uk.
All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
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