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Overtime for part-time and casual employees in the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award

Casual and part-time employees are paid overtime when they work:

  • more than 38 hours per week or 76 hours per fortnight
  • for more than 10 hours on a day or shift.

Working more than 10 hours on a day or shift

A casual or part-time employee gets paid overtime if they work more than 10 continuous hours on a day or shift. This means:

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Pay periods and roster cycles in the Pharmacy Award

A full-time employee’s hours of work can be rostered to be an average of:

  • 38 hours per week, or
  • 76 hours over two weeks.

A roster cycle generally coincides with the pay period. However, a workplace can roster fortnightly and pay weekly.

Full-time employees

When a workplace rosters fortnightly but pays weekly, a full-time employee gets paid at least their 38 ordinary hours in the first pay period, regardless of the actual number of hours worked.

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