The amount of unpaid overtime being done by Irish workers is on the increase.

A survey by Peninsula Ireland has revealed that 67% of workers say they occasionally spend time working evenings and weekends without pay to cope with their workload.

It has also shown that many employees are using mobile phones to keep up-to-date with work while they are technically off.

In a survey of 934 Irish employees it found 76% of them work an average of up to 65 minutes extra on a monthly basis.

But 43% feel that their overtime is not acknowledged by their boss.

Alan Price is managing director of Peninsula Ireland.

“Again we are being made aware of more employees working past their contracted hours without receiving any overtime pay” he said.

“With a steady increase from last year this is an issue that needs to be addressed and we must look at what the key factors related to this are” he added.