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title: "Overtime"
description: "From \"Unclaimed overtime\" to cash or comp time — claiming, switching compensation, caps, and the manager's cost view."
---

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# Overtime

Overtime here is **claimed, not punched**: extra minutes first appear under "Unclaimed
overtime", and only a claim that clears approval becomes overtime pay on a
[payslip](/en/docs/payroll/payslip/) — or comp time to take later.

## Claiming

The overtime section of the **Time** screen has two halves:

- **Unclaimed overtime** — the system finds minutes worked past your shift ("you
  worked past your shift on…"), one **Claim** per row. The form asks for minutes
  (capped at what that day actually recorded), a **compensation** choice, and a
  reason.
- **My overtime requests** — what you have filed, status Pending / Approved / Rejected / Cancelled.
  A claim still Pending can be **cancelled**; clicking any claim opens its panel,
  whose **Approval chain** shows which desk it is sitting on.

The policy summary beside the form (rounding, caps) comes from the overtime settings on
Company ▸ Settings ▸ [Timekeeping](/en/docs/time/) (under Policy in the settings list).

## Cash, or comp time?

Two compensations: **overtime pay** (cash) and **comp time**. The rule has a
direction, and the settings screen says it best: cash is always offered — an employer
may choose whether to *also* offer comp time, but cannot choose to withhold cash.
Comp time is the employee's **election**, never the employer's assignment.

A claim still Pending can **Switch to cash** / **Switch to comp time** — but know
what that is underneath:

> **Switching compensation = cancel and refile**
>
> The switch is implemented as "cancel the claim, refile under a new id". If approvals
> had already been collected, the confirmation names exactly how many — those approvals
> run again.

## Manager: the Overtime screen

The **Overtime** screen is a **cost view, not a to-do queue**: claimant, interval, amount,
**month-to-date against the monthly cap**, remaining headroom, and an over-cap flag.
It opens on **every status** on purpose — the totals are computed from **approved**
claims, so a pending-only view would hide the cost. Approving and rejecting happen in
the [approvals inbox](/en/docs/approvals/), not here.

## Until the money

An approved cash claim is paid by a [payroll run](/en/docs/payroll/run/) of a SALARY stream, for
a period ending on or after the day of the overtime; comp time is credited to your leave balance
as soon as the claim is approved. If that day's timesheet is later corrected and now holds less
overtime, the approved claim is brought down to what the day still holds — unless it has already
been paid, or the comp time it credited has already been taken — and either way you and the
approvers who approved it are told.

Source: https://peoplematter.app/en/docs/overtime/index.mdx