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 ave...

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

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 not...

Taking time off instead of overtime pay ('TOIL') is an award or agreement arrangement, not a statutory right. Here is ho...