Overtime rate

Monday to Friday 

Flat Rate x 1½ - For additional hours worked between start of normal day duty and midnight 

Flat Rate x 2  - For additional hours worked between midnight and start of normal day duty 

Saturday 

Flat Rate x 1½ - For additional hours worked overtime will be paid at 1½ for the first four hours 

Flat Rate x 2 - For additional hours worked in excess of the first four hours 

Sunday 

Flat Rate x 2 - For all additional hours worked 

In accordance with the Agreement on Flexible Working in the Health Service, nurses/midwives who work reduced hours are entitled to earn overtime payments for additional hours worked in certain circumstances.  The following are some examples: 
 
I. A nurse/midwife working in a department/unit with a three or four shift cycle would be eligible for overtime payment were they  to work a full normal shift and were  then requested to work additional hours outside the span of the shift. 
 
II. A nurse/midwife working mornings only (8am-1pm) in a department/unit where the normal shift is 8am-4pm would be paid at flat time if requested by their employer to work from 1pm-4pm.  If asked to work from 1pm-6pm (having started at 8am) the hours from 4pm-6pm would attract payment at overtime rates.  (This would apply whether the nurse/midwife had worked the hours 1pm-4pm.)  In circumstances where a 12-hour shift applies payment would be at flat-time for any additional hours worked with the span of the shift. 
 
III. A nurse/midwife working a ‘week on – week off’ arrangement would be eligible for overtime payment if requested by their employer to work on their rostered days off, i.e. to work more than the full-time hours for the grade.  They would be eligible for payment at flat-time if requested by their employer to work their usual hours or a normal shift during their ‘week off’.  (Agreement on Flexible Working in the Health Service). 

Flat Rate x 1½  - For additional hours worked overtime will be paid at 1½ for the first four hours.

Flat Rate x 2 - For additional hours worked in excess of the first four hours. 

To calculate your Sunday overtime rate, multiply your flat rate by two for all additional hours worked. 

Divide annual salary by 52.18 = weekly rate 

Divide weekly rate by 37.5 = hourly rate 

Multiply hourly rate by 2 = Time x 2 

For example, if the annual salary is equal to €55,644

Divide €55,644 by 52.18 = €1,066.39 

Divide €1,066.39 by 37.5 = €28.44 

Multiply €28.44 by 2 = €56.88