Employees get paid the following penalty rates for hours worked between 6pm and 6am Monday to Friday:
- 121.7% of the minimum hourly rate for full-time and part-time employees
- 146.7% of the minimum hourly rate for casuals.
Example
Arjun is a part-time employee. On Thursday, Arjun worked from 3pm to 8pm. For this shift, he gets paid:
- his minimum hourly rate between 3pm and 6pm
- 121.7% of his minimum hourly rate between 6pm and 8pm.
Permanent night work
Employees are doing permanent night work if more than two thirds of their shifts in a roster cycle include hours worked between midnight and 6am.
The permanent night work penalty rate is:
- 130% of the minimum hourly rate for full-time and part-time employees
- 155% of the minimum hourly rate for casuals.
It’s paid for hours worked between 6pm and 6am.
Example:
Arjun’s employer has a two week roster cycle, and he works 10 shifts each fortnight.
Arjun checks the roster and sees that 7 of his shifts include hours between midnight and 6am.
More than two thirds of Arjun’s shifts have hours between midnight and 6am. This means that Arjun gets paid 130% of his minimum hourly rate for the hours he works between 6pm and 6am.
References
What to do next
- Use our Pay and Conditions Tool to calculate pay rates, allowances and penalty rates (including overtime).
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