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How APA overtime actually works
Overtime is not just "after ten hours". It depends on your booked day, the rate you agreed, and what counts as working time. This guide walks through each piece with real numbers.
This article is a work in progress - the structure below is in place and the full, worked-through copy is on its way. It will always defer to the published APA Recommended Crew Terms, and to your own agreement where you have negotiated something different.
When overtime starts
What your booked day covers, where the standard day ends, and the point at which the clock moves into overtime.
Full section to follow.
The overtime rate
How the overtime rate is worked out from your basic daily rate, and why the hourly figure is not simply the day rate divided by the hours.
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The tenth hour and beyond
How the later hours of a long day are treated, and how that stacks on top of the earlier overtime.
Full section to follow.
The continuous working day
What a continuous working day is, when a missed or late break changes the picture, and how it feeds back into what you are owed.
Full section to follow.
A worked example
One real day, start to finish: the call, the wrap, the breaks, and the number at the bottom - with every step shown.
Full worked example to follow.
Let the app do the sums
TimeMachine applies all of the above automatically from your call and wrap times, so you can check a day in seconds rather than arguing with a calculator at midnight.