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What Is Employee Overtime Percentage? Definition, Formula & Applicability

What Is Employee Overtime Percentage? Definition, Formula & Applicability

Table of Contents

  • Employee Overtime Percentage – Definition
  • Formula To Calculate Employee Overtime Percentage
    • Company Overtime Percentage
    • Individual Overtime Percentage
  • Tips to Decrease Overtime Percentage

Employee Overtime Percentage – Definition

Employee Overtime Percentage is the percentage of overtime hours against the regular hours of a company for a particular period.

HR professionals can use this metric to define and plan their recruitment needs. It provides insight into employee productivity and employee performance.

Generally, A higher Overtime percentage indicates low productivity, bad workforce management, and employee dissatisfaction. Studies prove that employees who work more overtime their productivity decreases.

Moreover, higher overtime pays are a burden to the company’s pockets due to high turnover rates, a decrease in revenue, recruitment costs, etc.

Furthermore, it also helps to curb unnecessary overtime taken by employees to increase their pays and unnecessary delaying output.

Formula To Calculate Employee Overtime Percentage

To calculate overtime percentage divide total overtime hours by total regular hours and multiply it result with 100.

Employee Overtime Percentage

Let us understand it with an example.

Company Overtime Percentage

Company: ABC Ltd.

Total FTEs: 15.

Duration: 1 Year.

Total Regular Hours: Regular Hours X Total FTEs = 15 FTEs X 40 hours per week X 52 weeks = 31200 hours.

Total Overtime Hours: 3200 hours.

Applying the above-given formula:

= 3200 / 31200 X 100 = 10.26 %.

Individual Overtime Percentage

Employee: Mr. Ajay.

Duration: 1 Year.

Total Regular Hours: Regular Hours X Total FTEs = 40 X 52 X 1 = 2080 hours.

Total Overtime Hours: 126 hours.

Applying the above-given formula:

= 126 / 2080 X 100 = 6.06 %.

Tips to Decrease Overtime Percentage

Follow thee tips to decrease overtime percentage in your company:

  • Evaluate Overtime Costs against recruiting costs and plan your workforce management strategies.
  • Measure output.
  • Don’t keep overtime mandatory, this helps lower turnover costs.
  • Reward properly to employees in case of mandatory overtime.
  • Plan your projects effectively considering every aspect.
  • Distribute and manage the workforce properly according to the requirement and taking employee efficiency into account.
  • Recruit a temporary workforce when workloads are higher due to peak seasons or bigger orders.

Thus, employee overtime percentage can be a useful metric in decreasing the burden on a company’s treasury.

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