Research carried out into the nation’s working habits found that teachers and engineers are at the top of the league when it comes to putting in overtime at work.
On average, staff in both professions work 6.2 hours of overtime every week. But while 55 per cent of engineers said they were not paid for working overtime, 77 per cent of teachers received no extra pay for the additional hours they worked.
Unpaid overtime is so common in the teaching profession that it is regarded as part of the job.
The study was conducted by recruitment agency Reed, which surveyed more than 1,500 people.
It reported that 59 per cent of teachers regularly stay late at work. Two-thirds (66 per cent) of the teachers attributed their extra hours to workload demands, while 14 per cent said their overtime was a result of staff shortages.
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