Rejected petition Ensure all NHS nurses working extra hours for the NHS are paid at overtime rates

Nurses with permanent NHS employment are often only offered extra work by their employer under a separate employment contract. Pay rates are the same as their permanent role. Nurses working extra hours above their contracted time should automatically be paid agreed overtime rates.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand you're concerned about overtime pay rates for NHS nurses but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

Section 3 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook says that all NHS staff in pay bands 1 to 7 will be eligible for overtime payments at a single harmonised rate. You can find out more here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/part-2-pay/section-3-overtime-payments

The Royal College of Nursing has also published information about NHS terms of employment, including overtime pay rates, here:

https://www.rcn.org.uk/employment-and-pay/nhs-conditions-of-employment

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Date submitted 24 October 2019
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