TOIL
TOIL, short for time off in lieu, is paid time off given instead of extra pay for extra hours already worked. In the UK it is a contract or policy arrangement, not a named statutory leave type.
TOIL, short for time off in lieu, is paid time off given instead of extra pay for extra hours already worked.
It is chiefly a UK and Australian workplace term. A bartender who stays two hours after close might later take those two hours off, rather than receiving overtime pay for them. Whether that swap is available, how it accrues, and when it must be used are questions of contract, policy, or collective agreement.
In the UK there is no statutory overtime premium. Average pay across all hours worked must still not fall below the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage. TOIL does not replace statutory annual leave.
The US has no standard everyday term for this arrangement for hourly staff. Some public-sector workplaces talk about compensatory time, but that is a narrower US legal category, not a general equivalent.
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