Cost of unpaid overtime to workers nearing £30bn

TUC analysis of government statistics from the Labour Force Survey and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) reveals that five million workers in the UK work unpaid overtime.

This overtime is worth £26.9 billion, and employees would receive on average an extra £5,139 a year if they were paid for the additional hours they put in.

Friday 27 February is the TUC’s “work your proper hours day” – showing how much of the year would be worked for free if all overtime was worked at the start of the year.