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Overtime Exemption (OT) Audit

The objective of the Overtime Exemption Audit is to assess risk levels of work activities in an organization that are required to be carried out over time beyond 12 hours a day.

The total mandays required to complete this audit is 1 Manday. This audit is applicable to those organizations that are applying for Overtime Exemption.

The audit will be conducted by MOM Approved Auditor employed by MOM Approved Auditing Organization. The audit covers document review, site inspection on verifying the implementation of risk control measures, and interviews of key personnel.

The Auditor will check to ensure that risk assessment has taken into consideration:
(a) the length of extended working hours and
(b) the types of work and workload of employees and include, where applicable, adjusted exposure limits to chemical/noise and assessment of heat stress and manual material lifting. The risk level takes into account all implemented risk control measures.
Upon going through risk register, Auditor will endorse the risk register provided he is satisfied and confirmed that all work activities carried out overtime involve Low Risk and none of the activities listed under Annex A of Overtime Exemption Application Form are carried out over time.