Working time

Working time regulations: maximum hours, mandatory rest periods, schedule arrangements and the right to disconnect.

Overtime is triggered when you work beyond your 'ordinary hours' — but those hours, their spread, and how they can be av...

A fixed annual salary does not automatically cancel your overtime. An annualised salary or set-off clause only works if ...

Taking time off instead of being paid for overtime — 'TOIL' — is an award or agreement arrangement, not a statutory righ...

The 38-hour week is the backbone of Australian working-time law — but it is a duration standard, not a pay rule. Here is...

You can be asked to work beyond 38 hours only if the extra hours are reasonable — and you may refuse them if they are no...