Traineeship working hours condition

[avril_s9]

Hi, I'm currently working full-time as a trainee for almost 6 months now and I have a few questions regarding my working hours condition. I know I should have ask my director this when I just started but it finally annoyed me and I just want to ask here first before bringing it up to my director.

My shifts are on weekly rotation and varies : 7am-4pm, 8am-5pm, 8:30am- 5:30pm and 9am- 6pm (closing). However it always less likely that I would be going home on time due to ratios and the centre's policy : Trainees leave last and have longer shifts (which means us trainees have to wait for other educators with higher qualifications to leave on time first before we could leave although we started on an earlier shift, because trainees are cheaper to pay). So for example if I start at 7-4, i would always end up getting off at around 5:15pm. Which makes it a total of over 10 hours per day, over 50 hours per week,that means at least 10 hours of over time for that sole week. And my payslips would always come back with 76 hours and 4- 8 hours of overtime per fortnight (I still don't understand how do they work it out). My other shifts are quite similar 8am-5:30pm, 8:30am-5:40pm,9am-6pm (obviously I can't do anymore overtime here because the centre closes at 6, but other educator shift is 10am-6pm).
Also, I have 1 hour lunch break everyday and my director told me that I get 30 min paid break in that 1 hour as my study break, however I have read another post that explained child care employees are entitled to a 30 min break if working 8 hours and 2x 10 min paid breaks. If that's the case and those pay breaks could be included in my 1 hour lunch break then that means I only have 10 min study break everyday?
-Does any of you have work in centres with the same policy?
-Am I being pay less then what I should be entitled to?
-Or is this a breach to the actual traineeship conditions?

[Moon Flower]

Hi,
I was recently finished my traineeship, but my centre paid 40 mins (10 mins paid break and 30 mins not paid lunch break).

Studying is proposed to be 2 hours hours/ week but beginning I did not get time for three months because my director was so busy; later on sometimes I had to remind her that I have not have study time this week and asked her if I can have it. I wrote my date and time I had time for study each week so I could talk to her. Later on, she gave me 2 hours studying regularly, occasionally the centre busy one week she would then give me extra hours the following week. I once asked for extra 10 mins break then she said I could organize it within the room, so it means if the room is calm and settle I can ask to go for the extra 10 mins break but I have never asked that. I normally just said I need to go to the bathroom.

My sister works for different company only gave 30 mins lunch not paid break but paid wage better.

I think every company does different but if you know the conditions of traineeship you can ask for it, they may say yes they may say no.

All the best and keep asking for our rights.