Overtime Calculator & Rules
Overtime applies when an employee works outside their span of hours, exceeds their rostered hours, or exceeds 38 hours a week (averaged). Use the calculator below to price a specific overtime block for your classification, or scroll for the full threshold and TOIL rules. Pricing a recurring pattern instead? The annual overtime calculator totals it over a year.
Quick Facts
- Mon–Sat — disability/home care
- 150% first 2 hrs, then 200% (cl.28.1(a)(i))
- Mon–Sat — SACS/crisis
- 150% first 3 hrs, then 200% (cl.28.1(a)(ii))
- Sunday
- 200% (Double time, any stream)
- Public Holiday
- 250% (Double time and a half, any stream)
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SCHADS Overtime Calculator
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Rates effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (FWO Pay Guide, MA000100), SACS classification scale. Overtime only — ordinary hours, allowances and minimum payments are calculated separately. General information, not advice.
Full-Time vs Casual Overtime
Casuals: casuals get overtime after more than 10 hours in a day or 38 hours in a week, always on the first-2-hours band (cl.28.1(b)). The award sets casual overtime at time-and-a-half then double time; the 25% casual loading is generally carried into (not dropped from) the casual overtime rate, though the exact interaction can vary — confirm against the current Fair Work pay guide for your classification.
Time Off In Lieu (TOIL)
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I get overtime on weekends?
- Work performed on a weekend during standard rostered hours attracts "Saturday/Sunday Penalty Rates". Work performed <em>in excess</em> of rostered hours on a weekend attracts Overtime rates (often Double Time on Sundays).
- How does overtime work under the SCHADS award?
- Overtime applies when an employee works outside their span of hours, exceeds their rostered hours, or exceeds 38 hours a week (averaged). For disability and home care, the rate is 150% for the first 2 hours then 200% (cl.28.1(a)(i)); for SACS and crisis accommodation it is 150% for the first 3 hours then 200% (cl.28.1(a)(ii)). Sunday overtime is 200% and public holiday overtime 250% regardless of stream.
- Is overtime paid after 38 or 40 hours?
- Under SCHADS overtime applies once an employee exceeds 38 hours a week (averaged), not 40. Overtime can also apply before reaching the weekly threshold if work falls outside the span of hours or exceeds rostered hours.
- Do support workers get overtime?
- Yes. Support workers covered by SCHADS receive overtime when they work outside their span of hours, exceed rostered hours, or exceed 38 hours a week (averaged). Full-time disability and home care workers are paid 150% for the first 2 hours then 200% (cl.28.1(a)(i)), while casuals receive overtime after more than 10 hours in a day or 38 hours in a week (cl.28.1(b)).
- What is the maximum overtime per day?
- SCHADS does not set a fixed maximum number of overtime hours per day. For casuals, overtime begins once they work more than 10 hours in a day or 38 hours in a week (cl.28.1(b)). Overtime hours are paid at the applicable overtime rate rather than capped.
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