What are the Maximum Weekly Hours of Work?
The maximum weekly hours that an employee can be required to work are 38 hours, plus reasonable additional hours. The '38 hours per week' includes any hours of leave, whether it is paid or unpaid and is authorised by the employer or is permitted by law or under a term of the employee's employment.
An employee may refuse to work additional hours if those additional hours are unreasonable. The Fair Work laws identify various factors which are taken into account in order to determine whether additional work hours are deemed to be 'unreasonable'.
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