my team keeps working unauthorized overtime
A reader writes:
I oversee a team of employees who used to be my peers. I understand this can be a hard transition, but it’s been over a year and the staff are still having a hard time with this. That is not the question but I feel it’s relevant. The bigger issue is the overtime. We strongly discourages overtime for budget reasons, and any overtime has to be approved before it is taken. However, if it’s worked anyway, legally it has to be paid and a few employees are taking advantage of this and not getting their overtime approved in advance, even though we’ve had the discussion several times. How do I get them to follow this policy?
I answer this question — and two others — over at Inc. today, where I’m revisiting letters that have been buried in the archives here from years ago (and sometimes updating/expanding my answers to them). You can read it here.
Other questions I’m answering there today include:
- How should I tell job applicants about our office’s drinking culture?
- I’m resigning — how do I tell employees who are on leave?
