Full Time Hours V. Overtime Hours
Hi,
I always find this question a confusing one to answer. I was hoping I could get some feedback on this:
At what level do you stop paying an employee over time hours? Are "levels" even the right way to be thinking about it?
An example might be an office worker on Clerk Private Sector Award, working Monday to Friday, working from 09:00 to 18:00. This amounts to 40 hours per week which is over the NES's 38 hours. And I think this is beyond 'reasonable additional hours' as it's regular, systematic additional hours.
Usual advise is high paid executives are compensated for the hours and have to work the extra. Low paid employees are entitled to be paid overtime. But at what stage is the line drawn and the employee stops receiving the OT?
I typically say that once the job role goes beyond the classifications of the Award, they cease being paid overtime.
Rates MA000002: Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010
Classification MA000002: Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010
Is that correct?