If you are working when the clock moves forward (from 2 am to 3 am) on Sunday 4 October 2026, there may be implications for your pay.
Victorian public sector nurses and midwives will be paid for the actual hours worked during the affected shift, at your ordinary rate of pay. So if you start a shift at 9 pm and finish at 7 am, you will actually work nine hours – not the usual 10.
Most private acute and aged care nurses and personal care workers will also be paid for the actual hours worked during the affected shift – depending on the award or agreement that applies to your workplace.
If you are in doubt about your pay, you can check your award or agreement via the ANMF member portal. Once logged in, select the drop-down menu under ‘My Membership’. EBAs and pay rates is third in the list, after Tax Statements and Professional Indemnity certificate.
Why does this happen?
By way of comparison, nurses, midwives and personal carers who work under NSW agreements are typically paid according to the start and finish times that appear on the clock instead of the hours actually worked.
So if they work a standard 10-hour night shift they will have only worked nine hours but will be paid for 10, based on start and finish times of 9 pm and 7 am.
While this approach works in employees’ favour when daylight saving begins, it works against employees’ when daylight saving ends. Because employers cannot guarantee they will roster the same staff on for shifts when daylight saving both begins and ends, Victorian nurses and midwives negotiated the change in our Victorian EBAs.
