Extra hours at work - who is correct?

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Opinions wanted please before this becomes an issue I should have fixed long ago.

An opportunity for a new service opened up at work and another employee applied for it along with me. We agreed to job share. This was in addition to our normal jobs.

Because the service is new, we have to claim extra hours (ie overtime).
The job was advertised as an extra 2 and a quarter hours per day, with the job description stating hours of work.

The service has now been running for a couple of months. However, the clients - more often than not - leave half an hour (sometimes more) before the end time.

I have only been claiming for the hours actually worked - if the clients leave after an hour and a half, there’s nothing else to do and I have only been claiming that hour and a half. However my job share has been claiming for the full two and a quarter hours - she says this is what was advertised and she should be paid for that.

Who’s correct?

What does your line manager say, do you both stay the extra 2 hours or just lock up and go home.

It totally depends on the wording/arrangement between you and your bosses.

If you have to stay on site even after the clients have left, it is working time and you should claim for it.

If your still at work for the remaining time (because you have to be not choose to be), I would claim it. If you can leave whenever you're done then I wouldn't claim it

Well we can leave when clients leave as there really isn’t anything else to be done as our input is with clients.

I have only been claiming for the time actually spent there, maybe 1 or 1.5 hours a day.

Job share person has been claiming for 2 1/4 hours per day, so almost doubling what I earn for the same job.

But the job was advertised at 2 1/4 hours and tbh I wouldn’t have volunteered to do it if I’d have known it was only for just over an hour - it’s not worth my while because it’s not well paid anyway, just over min wage.

I don’t want to run it past line manager because I know they’ll go with the cheaper option and colleague will miss out. And I’m not sure that’s correct because we took it on thinking it’d be for 2.25 hours.

can you stay the full hours and do other work so you can claim the 2.25hrs. does your colleague stay or go home after an hour

I would have the conversation with the manager so everyone's on the same page but if I've made myself unavailable between 5pm and 7:15pm, I would be expecting paid although I would understand I might have to stay on site for the duration.

Maybe management know there is a difference in the hours you claim and what your colleague is claiming, have they not noticed or said anything.

Do they stay there and claim? Surely they are not leaving at the same time than you but claiming for time they're not there?

I think because you have to be available for the entire time (not book a hair appointment in the hope clients leave early) then you claim for the full time.

If you're advertised hours of work are for so long and you are able to complete tasks earlier that is to your benefit. It is you're employers responsibility to provide you with work, and your responsibility to do it. Therefore if you're done early, and there is nothing else to do (and you're employer gives you no further tasks) you're entitled to the pay.