Is it overtime to participate in enterprise training on weekends?
First, "overtime" is the production or work arranged by the employer. "Labor Contract Law" stipulates that "units may extend working hours due to the needs of production and operation after consultation with trade unions and laborers". This provision can be divided into two meanings of "overtime": first, the main body of arranging "overtime" is the employer; Secondly, employees are engaged in production and work during "overtime" time. In this case, the training of employees on Saturday morning was conducted according to the company's arrangement, and the training content was related to production work, which was in line with the characteristics of "overtime". Second, "overtime" is to create benefits for employers, that is, to obtain some objective needs on the basis of certain production. The objective needs of employers can be embodied in various forms, such as completing work tasks, creating work performance, improving the quality of employees, and creating corporate culture. Even if this objective demand cannot be transformed into economic value in a short time, it should be regarded as "overtime". In this case, the company uses rest days for training and study to improve and promote everyone's working ability and professionalism, thus creating economic value for the company better, which is in line with the second feature of "overtime". It can be concluded that the company's use of rest days to arrange employee training and study in this case should be counted as "overtime". So, should the company pay overtime wages to its employees? The answer is uncertain. Because the "Labor Contract Law" stipulates that "if workers are arranged to work on rest days and cannot be arranged for compensatory time off, they shall be paid no less than 200% of their wages". Therefore, the employer should give priority to compensatory time off when arranging employees to work overtime on rest days, and pay overtime wages when they cannot arrange compensatory time off.