Overtime & Shift Premium Calculator

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Use the Overtime, Holiday and Shift-Premium Calculator

Separate ordinary, overtime, holiday, and shift-premium earnings while applying either Jamaica minimum-wage coverage or a confirmed employment contract.

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Ordinary and premium pay split
Contract override support
Effective-dated policy provenance

Before you calculate

Use hours approved for the same pay period and avoid double-counting holiday hours as both ordinary and overtime hours. Confirm that the selected profile actually governs the employee.

What this calculator covers

Inputs you can model

Currency
Coverage profile
Calculation date
Ordinary hourly rate
Ordinary hours
Overtime hours
Rest-day or public-holiday hours
Shift-premium hours
Shift-premium mode
Shift-premium amount or rate

Results you can review

Gross pay
Ordinary pay
Overtime pay
Holiday or rest-day pay
Shift-premium pay
Effective hourly rate
Total hours
Standard weekly hours
Overtime multiplier
Holiday multiplier

Method, policy basis, and limitations

How the estimate is built

The Jamaica profile uses the effective minimum-wage overtime and rest-day or public-holiday parameters returned by the Achieve policy engine. Contract mode uses the verified hours and multipliers entered by the user.

Important limitation

This is a gross-pay planning estimate. Employment contracts, collective agreements, sector rules, time-off arrangements, statutory coverage, and payroll rounding may produce a different entitlement.

Your inputs

Enter the values you know. Required fields should be completed first, and optional fields can be left blank if they do not apply to your situation.

Preparing your input checklist Visible required fields are checked as you complete them.

Coverage and calculation date

Choose the rule profile deliberately. Contract values should come from the signed employment terms or an applicable collective agreement.

Currency Required

Coverage profile Required Minimum-wage coverage is a policy screen. Select contract when the employee's enforceable terms determine the hours and multipliers.

Calculation date Required The date determines which effective policy record is used.

Hours and ordinary pay

Enter hours for one consistent pay period. Do not include the same hour in more than one category.

Ordinary hourly rate Required Accepted range: 0 to 10,000,000.

Ordinary hours Required Accepted range: 0 to 168.

Overtime hours Required Accepted range: 0 to 168.

Rest-day or public-holiday hours Required Accepted range: 0 to 168.

Shift premium

A fixed-hourly premium adds a currency amount per eligible hour. A percentage premium applies a percentage of the ordinary hourly rate.

Shift-premium hours Required Accepted range: 0 to 168.

Shift-premium mode Required

Shift-premium amount or rate Required For fixed-hourly mode, enter the currency amount per eligible hour. For percentage mode, enter percentage points (for example, 15 means 15%); the planning ceiling is 1,000%. Accepted range: 0 to 1,000.

Contract overrides

These values are required only for the contract profile and must be supported by the applicable agreement.

Contract standard weekly hours Required Accepted range: 1 to 168.

Contract overtime multiplier Required Accepted range: 1 to 10.

Contract rest-day or holiday multiplier Required Accepted range: 1 to 10.

Calculating and validating policy inputs...

Your decision view will appear here

Run the calculator to see the planning signal, key measures, reconciliation detail, and any schedules or stress scenarios returned for these inputs.

Your results

The top cards show the most important answers first. Detailed schedules, scenario tables, and supporting notes appear underneath for deeper review.

Planning estimate

This is a gross-pay planning estimate. Employment contracts, collective agreements, sector rules, time-off arrangements, statutory coverage, and payroll rounding may produce a different entitlement.

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