Casual Cleaners & Weekend Penalty Rates (Local Government)

Cleaners working for Local Governments in Western Australia have very flexible working hours as prescribed by the Municipal Employees (WA) Award 1999. They can be rostered to work ordinary hours at any time of the day or night on any five days in seven at ordinary rates of pay. The only exception to this is for ordinary hours that they are rostered to work on a Saturday or a Sunday, when a special loading applies.

It is important to get these payments correct to avoid the possibility of claims for back pay when suddenly you discover that you have been doing it wrong over an extended period of time.

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