Recent changes to rosters and overtime in the Retail Award

Starting on or after the 5 July 2024, the Fair Work Commission made the following changes to the General Retail Industry Awards 2020 around rostering and overtime for part time employees.
 
Rosters
 
If an employee works six days in one week of a two-week roster cycle, then the employee can only work ordinary hours on a maximum of four days in the other week of that cycle. This means that an employee can work up to four days in the first week and six days in the second week. Previously, the week of up to four days had to follow the week of six days.
 
There is no change to the total number of days an employee can work in a fortnight.
 
Overtime for part-time employees

Part-time employees now get overtime rates if they work outside the spread of ordinary hours in the award. However, the spread of ordinary hours under the Award hasn’t changed.