Do casuals get overtime pay?
From the first full pay period starting on or after 1 January 2018 (ppc 1 January 2018), casuals get overtime pay.
They get overtime for working:
- more than 38 ordinary hours per week, or more than 38 hours per week averaged over a roster cycle
- more than 12 hours per day or shift.
Prior to ppc 1 January 2018, casuals didn’t get overtime pay.
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