A plumber in New South Wales reveals a problem with his work contract, highlighting why Australians cannot be expected to work 40 hours a week.
A NSW tradie has exposed a big issue with his work contract – and why Aussies can’t be expected to work 40 hours a week. Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters, Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn, help a woman whose boss is making her get a doctor’s note every time she’s sick. I’m a plumber and I work for a small, family-owned company.
When I started, my contract said I worked 40 hours a week and my hours were 8am to 4pm. I’ve been working those hours for over a year and have always logged my hours in the system they use to track our hours. However, they recently told me that I should be taking a 30-minute unpaid lunch break and working until 4.30pm – they said I should have been doing this for the past year but working until 4.30pm was never discussed when I started. I’m so busy, I always just have my lunch on the run and never take tea breaks. They’re acting like they’re doing me a favour by not asking for “time back” that I haven’t worked until
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