working hours and pay rates (1 Viewer)

[capsicum]

is $7 an underpaid amount if you're an adult who works full time overtime? that is, you start at say 7:30 and finish at 8pm everyday. are fulltime employees even allowed to be paid at that rate for working such hours?

 

[redruM]

not sure of the award wage.
btw adult = 21 yrs old.

hmm...you might want to check out the award wages for where you work.
there was a link poosted here a while back, try searching for it.

 

[MiuMiu]

You can't get overtime if you are full time (ie on a salary). If you are paid wages (ie an amount per hour for an agreed amount of hours per week) you can do overtime and get paid more for it, but it has to be by mutual agreement with the employer and employee, if the employer doesn't agree to it and the employee does extra hours anyway, the employer doesn't have to pay them at all.

 

[toisthbe]

$7/hr?? man thats heaps under paid, to me at least.

 

[MiuMiu]

I agree its a pretty low rate but if u recognise that its poor pay why does one stay in the job?

 

[Mr Wiggle]

maybe there is no alternative jobs avaliable or s/he needs the money to support the family.

 

[MiuMiu]

there is always alternative jobs available

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by capsicum
is $7 an underpaid amount if you're an adult who works full time overtime? that is, you start at say 7:30 and finish at 8pm everyday. are fulltime employees even allowed to be paid at that rate for working such hours?

yes definitely

 

[yenta]

I'm pretty sure the minimum wage for 18yrs+ is at least $10 an hour. Not totally sure though. I assume you're over 18?

 

[piccaninny]

Originally posted by capsicum
is $7 an underpaid amount if you're an adult who works full time overtime? that is, you start at say 7:30 and finish at 8pm everyday. are fulltime employees even allowed to be paid at that rate for working such hours?

you are not alone, when i was 18 (i'm 19 now)i had $7/h. when my employer started to give me 12 hours shifts i left. i worked in fruit shop.
capsicum what type of job do you do?

 

[capsicum]

oh no, not me. i know of someone who's being paid that amount and i don't think they should still be working. i think it's very cheap labour as the person is working at a packaging factory.

 

[MuSaRuRWa]

Originally posted by piccaninny
capsicum what type of job do you do?

Originally posted by piccaninny
i worked in fruit shop.

guess ! lol ...

 

[_muse_]

$7/hr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm like 17 on part time and thats what im getting! ur way underpaid

 

[cko]

oh no, not me. i know of someone who's being paid that amount and i don't think they should still be working. i think it's very cheap labour as the person is working at a packaging factory.

i work at a factory and make 20.68...

but anywayz, I reckon that u should quit that job, can't u see they're abusing u?!!! u can get a job that pays wayyyy better than that so easily! don't cheat/cheapen urself

 

[Generator]

there is always alternative jobs available

Not necessarily.




Is this a cash in hand type job, or is it proper and recognised by the tax system? I do know that this thread is kind of old, but anyway...

 

[SipSip]

7 bucks and hr is like slave labor....i mean, if you work fulltime, you should be at least at 10 bucks...even more under award wages...

But i know, some employers actually try to con you....if you like the job, guess it's still a good experience

 

[LaZy_KoReAn]

When i was getting a measly $10 from my last job, when i was 18.

I thought i was being hired and treated like a slave.

$7/HOUR,? tell them to fuck off. That will me such a low self esteem. But it also depends if your doing it for experience or the money.

Like trainees / appretince get $6-7 /hr.

 

[cro_angel]

damn jezzmo.. i get 10.61 an hour and im at woolworths (im 17).. i spend 8 hours a week wandering around aimlessly in variety
i guess your job is fun though, esp with the prank calls lol
u know whats good.. working in nightfill at a shop
if your a casual u get that loading, as well as more loading working between 10pm-6am.. esp on a sunday night
but yeh thats just a suggestion.. esp if u want to work 2 jobs

 

[capsicum]

i heard woolworths was good pay, and i used to work for maccas but quit cuz i didnt enjoy it. the pay was really bad!! i think from what i remember, i got $6.03 or something per hour?

 

[Pharrell]

the minimum wage in australia is somthing like $5.50...but u better check with a govt website if u really wanna check it out