IREC Rule No.1505: Overtime Allowance To Staff Not Covered Under Rule 1503 or 1504
- Overtime Allowance To Staff Not Covered Under Rule 1503 or 1504:-
Chargemen, assistant Chargemen (including Journeymen) Mistries Grade-I and workmen employed in printing presses, workshops and sheds, who are not entitled to overtime allowance under Rule 1503 or 1504 above, may at the discretion of the General Manager and subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, be granted an overtime allowance for the actual time for which they are called upon to work in excess of the normal working hours, or for Sundays and holidays when they are called upon to work on such days.
| Railway Board vide RBE No.175/2017, No.PC-V/2017/A/OTA/1, 28.11.2017 has issued orders as under:
Sub: Grant of Overtime Allowance (OTA) to Railway employees consequent upon revision of pay scales and allowances. Ref: Board’ letter RBE No.29/2010, No.PC-V/2008/A10/3(OTA), 17.02.2010 and, RBE No.72/2011, No.PC-V/2008/A10/3(OTA), 20.05.2011.
1. Pursuant to the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the Issue of revision of OTA has been under consideration and in partial modification of the Board’s earlier orders on the subject, It has been decided by the Board that the Railway employees who are governed by the Statutory Acts / Rules viz, The Factories Act, 1946 and Railway Servants (Hours of Work and period of Rest) Rules, 2005 and who have opted for the revised Pay Matrix in terms of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, may be granted OTA, on the basis of their emoluments in the revised scales of pay. 2. The emoluments, for the purpose of computation of rates of OTA will comprise the following; (a) Railway employees governed by The Factories Act, 1948: Revised rates of pay DA HRA Transport Allowance Cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to workers of food grains and other articles as the workers, for the time being may be entitled to (excluding wages for Overtime work or Bonus) (b) Railway employees governed by Railway Servants (Hours of Work and period of Rest) Rules, 2005:- All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance. (c) Railway employees governed by rules Under Departmental Overtime: (i) Employees working in Loco Sheds and C&W depot. All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance. (ii) Other Railway employees governed under Departmental Orders. Revised rates of pay Dearness Allowance 3. The revised rates of Overtime Allowance shall be effective from 01.07.2017. |