Casuals get overtime when they work more than:

• 38 hours in a week
• 10 hours in a day.

Casuals don’t get the casual loading when they work overtime.

Rostered hours

Casuals don’t get paid overtime when they work more than their rostered hours, unless they work more than 10 hours in a day or 38 hours in a week.

Example

Revell’s a casual bus driver for a charter company.

His employer provides a roster 14 days in advance. Revell’s hours are different with each roster.

Occasionally his employer will ask him to work an hour longer than the shift that has been rostered. Revell usually agrees to work the extra time.

On Tuesday Revell agreed to work for 11 hours. This was 3 hours more than he was rostered, and one hour more than maximum casual ordinary hours under the Award. He was paid one hour overtime.

On Wednesday Revell agreed to work one hour extra. He worked 9 hours that day. He wasn’t paid overtime for this hour because he worked less than the maximum casual hours.

Tip:

Employers must give 24 hours’ notice before a roster change, but an employee can agree to a roster change with less than 24 hours’ notice.

Waiting time

Paid waiting time is not included in a single day charter coach or bus driver’s hours when calculating overtime.