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I work overtime and it is not paid

Overtime is paid (or compensated with time off) and cannot exceed eighty hours a year.

What it is

Hours beyond the maximum ordinary working day.

«Tendrán la consideración de horas extraordinarias aquellas horas de trabajo que se realicen sobre la duración máxima de la jornada ordinaria de trabajo»

Art. 35 · Estatuto de los Trabajadores (RDLeg 2/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

Maximum

Eighty a year, with some exceptions.

«El número de horas extraordinarias no podrá ser superior a ochenta al año, salvo lo previsto en el apartado 3.»

Art. 35 · Estatuto de los Trabajadores (RDLeg 2/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

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