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OTA - Over Time Allowance - Other than Workshops

➔ What is the Over Time Allowance - When the staff is required to work extra hours they
will be compensated by payment of Over Time Allowance.

➔ OTA stands for Over Time Allowance

➔ The ordinary rate of pay means Basic Pay + DA

➔ The ordinary rate of pay means Basic Pay + DA + 30% of basic pay in the case of Running
Staff.

OT Work - No of times of Ordinary Rate of Pay

Over Time Work done No of times of Ordinary Rate of Pay

Between the limits of Roster Hours & the 1 ½ times


Statutory limit

Beyond the Statutory limit 2 times

OTA - Principles of Averaging - Applicable to:

1. Running Staff
2. Operating Staff
3. Shift workers
4. Workers whose work is connected with the work of the above 3 categories

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Principles of Averaging:

Categories Not applicable 1 week 2 weeks


/ Averaging

1. Office clerks Other 1. Intensive


2. Erstwhile Group D Essentially 2. Continuous
staff in Offices Intermittent 3. Essentially
(excluding Station & Intermittent
Shed staff) (Gateman,
3. Trackmen (Eng. Dept) Caretakers, Saloon
4. Works staff (Eng. Attendants etc)
Dept)
5. Store staff (excluding
Store van clerks)

➔ Rest Days - OTA not eligible

➔ Rest Days - Beyond Roster hours - OTA is eligible.

➔ For foregoing the Rest, they are eligible for CR (Compensatory Rest)

➔ The hourly rate of OTA will be worked out on the basis of roster hours over the relevant
averaging period as under:

Hourly rate of pay for staff Period of averaging 1/30 of the


governed by Averaging No. of roster hours of work X monthly
Principal = in the averaging period ordinary rate of
pay

Hourly rate of pay for those 1 X 1/30 of the


not governed by Averaging No. of daily roster hours of monthly
Principal = work ordinary rate of
pay

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OTA - Over Time Allowance - Workshops

● Sources: 1. Chapter 3 of Rolling Stock Code (Paras 325 to 329) 2. Section 59 of


the Factories Act, 1948

● OTA stands for Over Time Allowance

● Avoid OT: Ensure the Outturn, by Long-term planning and day-to-day activity planning
in Workshops.

● OT booked - Very exceptional and urgent circumstances only. That too after exploring
the possibility of rescheduling jobs that are urgent ahead of those not so urgent.

● Workers in OT - Should also “Punch in and Punch out” in the GA system (Gate
Attendance system)

● No OT - Sections where Incentive schemes exist

● Prior Sanction of CWM (Chief Works Manager) is required to book OT

● OT Requisition - M 326 - Two copies. One copy to Time Office. Second copy to
Accounts office.

● The number of OT hours booked with reasons - Put up to HOD/PHOD at Hqrs for
approval.

● OT worked in One week should not be counted against ‘Short’ time worked in
another week.

● OT Booking - under the supervision of not less than JE (Junior Engineer)

● OT Booking - Not for less than Half an Hour.

● OT Calculation - Daily basis or Weekly basis

● OTA - 2 times the Ordinary Rate of Wages

● OTA - Single Rate - For staff sent out from the Workshop on duty. Since DA (Daily
Allowance) and OTA are given for different set of conditions, both these types of
payment should be made provided the conditions prescribed are satisfied in each case

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● Ordinary Rate of Wages:

Includes: 1. Wages 2. DA 3. HRA 4. Cash equivalent of the benefits i.e., concessional


sale to workers of food grains & other articles

Excludes: 1. Bonus

● OT eligible - 1. More than 9 hours in a day 2. More than 48 hours in a week.

● OTA - Supervisory staff eligible

● OT Calculation - Rounding Off

➔ Less than 30 minutes - ignored


➔ 30 minutes to 60 minutes - counted as an Hour.

● OTA - No of hours worked beyond shop hours x 1/208th of Pay + DA

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