Part-time employees get paid overtime when they work:

•  more than 10 hours in a day or shift,
•  more than the usual daily hours for full-time employees in their workplace.

Part-time employees don’t get paid overtime if

• they work more than their rostered part-time hours. These hours are paid at their minimum hourly rate,
• they work outside the span of ordinary hours.

Example

Ace is a part-time enrolled nurse who works 5 hour shifts on Monday and Tuesday.

Full-time employees are rostered to work 8 hour shifts in Ace’s workplace.

Ace works 7 hours on Monday instead of 5.

Ace isn’t paid overtime because he hasn’t worked more than the daily full-time hours.

Averaging hours

Part-time employees can average their hours over a weekly, fortnightly or 28 day period.

These employees get paid overtime when they’ve worked more than the average hours a full-time employee works during the period.

Example

Debbie is a part-time enrolled nurse who works 30 hours from Monday to Friday. These are Debbie’s agreed part-time hours.

Full-time employees work 38 ordinary hours each week.

Debbie works 35 hours this week instead of her agreed 30 hours.

Debbie doesn’t get paid overtime because she didn’t work more than 38 hours.

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