COMMUNITY DISCUSSION Employment
Australia overtime: do extra hours always have to be paid at overtime rates?
Not always. Awards and enterprise agreements can set overtime rules, ordinary hours and spreads of hours. Some award-free employees may not have a separate overtime rate, although whether additional hours are reasonable can still depend partly on whether the pay reflects the extra hours. Official source: Fair Work Ombudsman. Guide: https://getinstantlaw.com/employment-workplace-problems
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