Senate debates

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Unpaid Overtime in Australia

4:57 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate notes:

(a)
25 November 2009 is national Go Home On Time Day;
(b)
Australians work more than 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime each year;
(c)
Australians work the longest hours in the western world;
(d)
excessive unpaid overtime has significant industrial, economic and social implications; and
(e)
long working hours can have negative consequences for physical and mental health and personal relationships.

Question agreed to.