If you work Mon - Fri full time normal office hours what are your official 'contracted' hours in Australia?

Reaching to the back dusty areas of the brain, I seem to only remember working 0830 - 1730 for full time roles, which now I think is a long day! Edinburgh seems to be 9-5 in general (speaking from experience of 15+ jobs over 13.5 years - mainly contract work).

There will be many who work over their contracted hours, however, interested to see what the average is?

8 - 4, sometimes 7 - 3

BB

I do about 07:30 to 15:30 but sometimes I stay late for various reasons like picking my daughter up from ballet at 18:30 or covering for my colleague if he is at college.

I stroll in around 9:15 and tend to work later, a bit of after hours and Saturday too it being IT and all.

My contract says 7.25 hours a day but nothing would get done if I did that ...

My contract says:

...there is no additional payment for those reasonable additional hours on the basis that it's factored into base salary I suppose.

It also says:

Realistically, in our Melbourne office at least, it's tumbleweed time pretty soon after 5PM. But many people are working quite a few hours in excess of 40 per week.

Sounds suspiciously similar to mine, the extra hours are explicitly factored into the contract but my boss is a good guy and doesn't mind us taking time off in lieu.

Hello if you are reading btw, really mean that.

40 hours plus other hours as required.... gulp. Wish I was a tennis WAG

My hubby leaves the house at 6am, it's a 45 min drive to the city and gets home at 6.45pm, Mon to Fri.

He's a contractor. Current position he is in, they'd have him in at 5 and not leaving till 8 every night, with no extra pay.

What a way to make a living..


Well someone had to do it.

everyone will be singing it all day now! (if their working hours allow)

ouch, long day hope he's able to stay a contractor for longer, paying by the hour is definitely the way forward

Well he has no intention on going permie just yet! Money is much better contracting, but you have to save for holidays!

I start at 7:15 and finish at 3:45 but get paid for 7 hours, 36 min per day. Once every 4 weeks the banked 24 minutes a day = a day off with pay. If I do any time over my regular hours I get either time in lieu or on weekends time & half on Saturday or double time on Sunday.

good stuff, am in similar boat however the agency offers rate plus holiday on top and it accumulates so you can see what you've have but not touch it. Otherwise I would spend spend spend!