Hours of work

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• Your obligations in regards to working hours

  When an employee performs work for you, you will have two important obligations.
  Sep 01, 2019

• Paying employees for the hours they work

  If you request or require your employee to perform work over a particular period, you will be obliged to pay them for those hours if they work them.
  Sep 01, 2019

• When is an employee ‘at work’ for the purpose of calculating the hours they work?

  Employees have a duty to arrive at the workplace in sufficient time to begin working at the specified start time.
  Sep 01, 2019

• What are ordinary hours?

  An employee’s ordinary hours of work are the hours they work each week, other than overtime hours.
  Sep 01, 2019

• What is the maximum number of ordinary hours that an employee can work?

  The maximum number of ordinary hours that you can require a full-time employee to work is laid out in an applicable modern award or enterprise agreement, or the NES.
  Sep 01, 2019

• Ordinary hours of part-time employees

  Most modern awards provide that when you engage part-time employees, you have to stipulate three things in writing.
  Sep 01, 2019

• Can you vary a part-time employee’s ordinary hours?

  Most modern awards allow you to vary a part-time employee’s hours if they agree.
  Sep 01, 2019

• Averaging periods

  An averaging period is a period over which an employee’s hours of work are averaged to determine compliance with restrictions on maximum ordinary hours.
  Sep 01, 2019

• When might you use an averaging period?

  An averaging period can benefit employers in a number of circumstances.
  Sep 01, 2019

• What is the maximum averaging period?

  The maximum averaging period is set out in an applicable modern award or enterprise agreement, or the NES.
  Sep 01, 2019

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