Overtime Triggers
The following circumstances increase total overtime hours.
All Employees (Full-Time, Part-Time, Casual, Day Workers And Shift Workers)
- Overtime is created when an employee whose ordinary hours are measured weekly works beyond 38 hours in the week. [22.1]
- Overtime is created when an employee whose ordinary hours are averaged over a fortnight works beyond 76 hours in the fortnight. [22.1]
- Overtime is created when an employee whose ordinary hours are averaged over 21 days works beyond 114 hours in the 21-day period. [22.1]
- Overtime is created when an employee whose ordinary hours are averaged over four weeks works beyond 152 hours in the four-week period. [22.1]
- Overtime is created when an employee works an additional work day under the 28-calendar-day roster arrangement that permits no more than 20 work days. [22.1(a)]
- Overtime is created when an employee works on the twentieth day designated as an accrued paid day off under the 19-work-day roster arrangement. [22.1(b)]
- Overtime is created when an employee covered by the applicable day-shift or night-shift arrangement works beyond 8 hours on a day shift or 10 hours on a night shift; apply the applicable shift arrangement and do not apply both thresholds cumulatively. [22.1(c)]
Full-Time Employees Only
- Overtime is created when a full-time employee performs authorised work in addition to their rostered ordinary hours on any day. [25.1(a)(i)]
Part-Time Employees Only
- Overtime is created when a part-time employee works beyond 38 hours in a week or 76 hours in a fortnight; apply the applicable weekly or fortnightly boundary and do not apply both cumulatively. [25.1(b)(i)]
- Overtime is created when a part-time employee works beyond 10 hours on any day. [25.1(b)(ii)]
- Overtime is created when a part-time employee works beyond their rostered hours on any one day, unless a clause 10.3(c) agreement applies. [25.1(b)(iii), 10.3(c)]
Casual Employees Only
- Overtime is created when a casual employee works beyond 38 hours in a week or 76 hours in a fortnight; apply the applicable weekly or fortnightly boundary and do not apply both cumulatively. [10.4(a), 25.1(c)(i)]
- Overtime is created when a casual employee works beyond 10 hours on any day. [25.1(c)(ii)]
Day Workers
- Overtime is created when a day worker works outside 6.00 am to 6.00 pm Monday to Friday. [22.2(a)]
Special Circumstances
Sleepovers
- Overtime is created for all time worked by a full-time employee during a qualifying sleepover. [22.9(g)(i)]
- Overtime is created when a permanent part-time employee’s sleepover work causes their total hours on the day to exceed the full-time daily hours, or 11 hours where no full-time comparator exists. [22.9(g)(ii)]
- Overtime is created when a permanent part-time employee’s sleepover work causes their total hours to exceed 38 hours in a week or 76 hours in a fortnight. [22.9(g)(ii)]
- Overtime is created when a casual employee permitted to perform a sleepover has sleepover work that causes their total hours to exceed 38 hours in a week or 76 hours in a fortnight. [22.9(g)(iii), 22.9(k)]
Broken Shifts
- Overtime is created when a casual or permanent part-time employee works outside the maximum 12-hour span of a mutually agreed broken shift with non-meal breaks totalling no more than four hours. [22.8(a), 22.8(b), 22.8(d)]