nwh

Question 1

maximum working hours per day

Answer 1

8 hours

Question 2

maximum working hours per week

Answer 2

48 hours

Question 3

definition of normal working hour

Answer 3

Normal working hours or normal hours of work is the normal working hours express in contract of employment.

Question 4

why there are people who works more than 48 hours per week?

Answer 4

1. employer applied for exemption ( due to nature of business operation)
2. break is not included in normal working hours

Question 5

definition of overtime

Answer 5

60A(3)(b)] ‘overtime’ means the number of hours of work carried in excess of the normal hours of work per day.

Question 6

maximum working hours for overtime

Answer 6

12 hours

Question 7

Employer’s rights to order overtime work [S.60A(2)]. state the circumstances.

Answer 7

1. accident, actual or threatened in or with respect to his place of work;
2. Work essential to life of community;
3. Urgent work to machinery (maintenance) or plant (building);
4. Interruption of work which impossible to foresee; or
5. Works in essential service as defined in the Industrial Relations Act, 1967.

Question 8

who is working under essential services? there are 9

Answer 8

1. public waste
2. banking & finance
3. transportation
4. broadcasting
5. air traffic control
6. electricity services
7. fire services
8. postal & telecommunication services
9. public sector ( gov department, water, health, prison)