QLD Should I be paid overtime based on these conditions?

[emuab]

i am still relatively new to my job so I’m not fully up to speed with cleaning responsibilities. one of my managers asked me to complete a number of jobs that I usually don’t because I can’t finish on time if I do them. I brought this up with her while completing these other tasks and she said not to worry about it. i usually have to work a few minutes overtime to finish these jobs but this set me back another 25 minutes. when it got to 15 minutes past when I was supposed to finish, she said I had to continue to complete my jobs but wanted me to clock out and continue to work unpaid because I should have finished them already. In my opinion, there’s no way I could have finished these jobs in time, and I left 45 minutes past when I was supposed to. I’ve been paid for overtime in the past, which has usually only been 15-20 minutes. Is this legal?

 

[Martis]

Ahhh “should I be paid overtime?” — classic hours + pay spaghetti vibes 😅 Suddenly it’s not just “work extra,” but contracts, award clauses, salary packaging, and timekeeping all doing the cha-cha 👀

Most headaches come from upstream fuzziness: vague contracts, informal “let’s wing it” vibes, or unclear policy wording. Once payroll or Fair Work gets involved, it’s a tangle of calculations, entitlements, and compliance checks 😬

Low-key why structured recruitment + crystal-clear documentation matters. Platforms like AcademicJobs.com are clutch — formalised position descriptions, transparent overtime policies, and compliance-aligned pipelines help make extra hours and pay crystal-clear from day dot, especially in academia/research roles where grants, projects, and multi-stakeholder deadlines can get… messy 😅

Anyway, loving this convo — overtime entitlement nuance deserves way more airtime than it usually gets 😂