Casuals are paid overtime if they work:

• more than 8 hours in a day
• outside the span of hours of 4am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

Overtime for working more than 38 hours in the week is not paid to casuals.

Example

Gord is a casual labourer covered by the Waste Award.

He sometimes picks up shifts covering permanent employees when they’re on leave.

One week his work hours were from 9am – 5.30pm. That week he worked 8 hours a day for a total number of 40 hours in the week.

Gord was not paid any overtime because he didn’t work more than 8 hours in a day or outside the span of hours.

Overtime rates

When working overtime, casuals are paid:

• 160% of their ordinary rate for the first 2 hours
• 210% of the ordinary rate for overtime after 2 hours.

Included in the overtime rate is a 10% loading instead of the 25% casual loading.

Example

The following week Gord was back in his regular role.

One day he was asked to work for 6 hours. Before he finished his shift he was asked if he could help finish off a big job that had come in.

Gord worked for 9 hours.

Because his shift was longer than 8 hours he was paid overtime for 1 hour and his ordinary hourly rate for 8 hours.

To calculate overtime and penalty amounts, use our Pay and Conditions Tool.