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This is the way I look at it.
Work 38hrs a week at normal rates. Then if you are asked to work additional, it gets paid at OT rates.
Obviously night work needs a shift type allowance.
But these days there is little difference between working Saturday and having Wednesday off or working Wednesday and having Saturday off.
If you are an employee and want to dictate working days then perhaps you should start your own business and see how easy it is or is not.
Gol, surely if you choose to work in Retail or Hospitality (the industries this law relates too) then you must be expecting to work some weekends already.
If you cant work during the week due to family or study then working weekends is your choice. Or if working weekends is the only job you can get then you choose which is more important.
Ok but say you are a waiter and worked on a Wednesday for $20/hr. Do you think someone who only works on a Sunday should get $40/hr to do the same job and probably a better chance at getting tips?
People always have a choice. Sometimes its the previous choices they made that have them in their current position but life is only choices.
PS Penalty rates have nothing to do with base rates.
Rider, I'm not sure how it would go down with the general public if every chef or hospitality worker in Australia decided they wanted NORMAL hours, like most they have families and kids too.
People don't often necessarily choose to work weekends...hard to believe?
There are many people doing it tough and they just do what they can
Macy, if you choose to become a chef surely you know what possibly comes with that. The same as becoming a baker means really early morning starts.
Im not saying that base wages for some jobs shouldnt increase and I understand that there needs to be some type of reasonable implementation for existing workers (I havent heard how its being implemented)
and exactly there are people doing it tough but you do and what is best for you and your family. Im sure there are sales reps on minimum wage travelling around the country seeing less of their families than most of us but its the job they chose.
Im not sure what the Omg! was about.