Burnout | Employees working billions in unpaid overtime - how can HR help?

This article discusses the issue of unpaid overtime among UK employees and its impact on their health and finances. It highlights the negative consequences of requiring constant overtime, such as reputational damage and staff exploitation.

HR leaders can respond by adjusting seasonal demands, using technology to understand the true cost of overtime, and implementing reward and recognition programs.

We’re going to start this article with three related stats:

First, according to the TUC, that UK employees put in unpaid overtime worth £26 billion last year - that’s seven and a half free working hours per week delivered by 3.5m people.