How Unions Affect Unpaid Overtime

• Paid overtime: includes any hours worked during the reference week over and above standard or scheduled paid hours, for overtime pay or compensation (including time off in lieu).
• Extra hours without pay (unpaid overtime): refers to time spent directly on work or work-related activities over and above scheduled paid hours. These must be extra hours worked for which the respondent received no additional compensation. (2000)
• Employees who are members of a union and employees who are not union members but who are covered by a collective agreement or a union contract. (2000)

Source: Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (2000) micro datafile.

Notes: The Labour Force Survey is a household survey carried out on a monthly basis by Statistics Canada. The survey is conducted in over 52,000 households across Canada, resulting in the collection of labour force information of roughly 100,000 individuals. The LFS does not include individuals living in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, those residing on Indian reservations, hospitals, penitentiaries, long term care facilities or full time members of the armed forces. All told, these excluded groups represent less than two percent of the total Canadian population over the age of 15.