Pravinth  +  529895 Fri, 20 Jun 08 05:24 AM Hi All,     Is it correct to say "Working Late" ? -to mean continue working even after office hour.     Thanks !     Pravinth Joined on Tue, Apr 4 2006 India Junior Member 65 Pravinth JavaSoul India

	Mister Micawber  +  529908 Fri, 20 Jun 08 06:46 AM . Yes.  I am always working late; I worked late again last night. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,507 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Goodman  +  529939 Fri, 20 Jun 08 08:08 AM Working late is a common practice in a lot mid level management staff in many commerically developed countries who don't get o.t. pay. Only salary non-exempt employees (meaning hourly will get O.T. pay or comp time). In other words, working late does not mean o.t. pay for certain level of employees. But their benifit package is much better than hourly, including bonus and leaves. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all!

	optilang  +  529941 Fri, 20 Jun 08 08:12 AM SHIBA SAXENA  +Add to Friends  +Add comment  #529933  Fri, 20 Jun 08 07:36 AM here we can also say doing ovetime       Here we can also say doing overtime   optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,518 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	Goodman  +  530182 Fri, 20 Jun 08 03:59 PM <<>> Neeraj Jain “ Can't working late mean doing personal work till late in the morning or evening?” Working late – is a general and relative term, depending on the context, the meaning varies. But one thing is certain, if someone calls his wife and says “I am working late tonight to wrap up the details on the presentation which is due tomorrow morning”, the message is implying that he is most likely a salary employee, not hourly, thus his working late usually is not compensated monetarily on his next pay check. He may get a “comp day” in lieu for O.T.  In the work place, “working late” = staying behind to work after the office hours or regular shift for that day is finished.   “John is not up yet. He was working late last night in the garage fixing up the engine of his motorcycle for the race”.  The message here says “he was staying up late working on the bike.     “ I was working late on my taxes last night” = I stayed up past my regular bed time, working on my tax Goodman