Single women most likely to do unpaid overtime

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Single women most likely to do unpaid overtime

Fri 22nd Feb 2008

A new study from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) had found that single women in the 30s are doing more unpaid overtime than anyone else.

It found that four out of then women in the 30s regularly work outside their contracted hours for no extra pay.

However, only 26 per cent of men in the same age bracket work overtime without being paid for it.

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said that single women "do more unpaid overtime than mothers, fathers and single men".

He added that despite putting in longer hours than anyone else to try and get ahead, women's hard work tends to go to waste when they have children and can no longer work overtime.

"It is hardly surprising that the senior levels of most organisations are male and that the gender pay gap stubbornly persists," he said.

Mr Barber also claimed that employers often assume that their staff will work long hours for no extra remuneration, but he warned that it could end up damaging employees' health.

The organisation also revealed recently that the media is one of the worst sectors for not paying staff for extra hours worked, with media professionals working unpaid overtime worth nearly £300 million a year.

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