Working hours & days
in Australia.

Under Australian labour law, if an employee is asked to work more than the maximum time of 38 hours per week then they have to be compensated. This can be in the form of overtime pay for any extra hours worked or paid time off. Overtime pay rates equate to:

• 150% of the salary for the first 3 hours overtime or 1.5 hour of paid time off.
• 200% of the salary for every hour after 3 hours or 2 hours paid time off

So if an employee is asked to work a total of 9 extra hours on any given week, then they will be entitled to 3 hours at a rate of 150% of their hourly salary, and 6 hours at 200% of their hourly salary rate. If paid time off is requested instead, they will be entitled to 5.5 hours of paid time off. If an employee is asked to work on a Sunday then the standard rate is 200% of their salary hourly rate for all hours worked.