Regulation of standard workweek hours and overtime hours and pay can protect workers who might otherwise be required to … work more than they would like to at the going rate. By discouraging the use of overtime, such regulation can increase the … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …

Regulation of standard workweek hours and overtime hours and pay can protect workers who might otherwise be required to … work more than they would like to at the going rate. By discouraging the use of overtime, such regulation can increase the … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both … performance-related pay and unpaid overtime in Great Britain is an important factor in explaining the observed differences. With …

firms differs between firms which offer overtime and those which do not. For a panel of German plants (2001-2006), we … with theory, overtime plants showed a significant positive employment response, whilst for standard-time plants there is no …