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Section : What are the maximum weekly hours of work?
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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An employer must not request or require an employee to work more than the following hours of work in a week, unless the additional hours are reasonable:
- for a full-time employee, 38 hours (unless their award or enterprise agreement specifies different hours) or
- for an employee other than a full-time employee, the lesser of:
- -38 hours
- -the employee's agreed ordinary hours of work in a week. The hours an employee works in a week must be taken to include any hours of leave or absence (paid or unpaid under the NES) that is authorised:
- by the employer or
- by or under a term of the employee's employment or
- by or under a Commonwealth, State or Territory law, or an instrument in force under such a law. An employee may refuse to work additional hours if they are unreasonable. Fair Work Infoline: 13 13 94