Originally Posted by
Telfer86
Still think it is a strange number
Union boys must have wanted under 70
Would have thought at least 75 per month pre OT was the mins these days - well it was with JQ back in 2005 and it hasn't gone south since
QF of course the benchmark of SH low OT thresholds - with the great deal of 53.5 origins in 1989 - do you think it will last ?
All entitle to free opinion but you would think 69 times 10.5 is a pretty light on for a year
QF guy who stated OT normally paid at higher rate times 1.5 ; 2 ; 2.5 etc , well we all wish for the 1980's but OT at same rate has been common place in Australia for decades
Maybe more so outside the Union heartlands of Melb
We are all entitled to opinions if they are checked against the facts first - It’s 69 x 11.5 because VA work on 4 week rosters, not on calendar months. In a year there are 13RPs, and 6 weeks annual leave leaves 11.5 RPs, which equates to a yearly total of 793.5 hours - so no, I don’t think that is light on for the year. Especially when you throw in another 50 odd hours of paxing that doesn’t count towards those hours either.
And for what it’s worth - the EA prior to this one was 71 hours...some more odd numbers for you to pontificate about.