When I took my new job, my boss said that he had an overtime agreement with the rest of the employees. What did he mean?

Any employee or group of employees can make an agreement with an employer that they will accept time off with pay instead of overtime pay. The agreement can relate to all overtime pay or part of it.

The agreement must include a term that states that the time off is to be taken within three months of the end of the pay period when it was earned. So if you are paid at the end of each month and you earned the time off in January, you could take that time off before the end of April. A longer delay than three months is permitted only if it is in a collective agreement or the Director of Employment Standards has authorized it.

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