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POST LOGISTICS THIRD PARTY WAREHOUSING/FULFILMENT BUSINESS PART 4 - HOURS OF WORK, SHIFT WORK AND OVERTIME
19. HOURS OF WORK - DAY WORKERS
The ordinary hours of work of a day worker:
20.1 Definition
For the purpose of this clause:
20.2 Ordinary Hours
The ordinary hours of work of a shift worker:
20.3 Shift Penalties
The following shift penalties apply to a shift worker:
A shift that starts before 6.00 a.m. 15% Afternoon shift 15% Night shift 15% Night shift worked for more than 4 weeks continuously 30% (b) Saturday All rostered time that falls between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday 50% (c) Sunday All rostered time that falls between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday 100% (d) Public Holiday 150% 20.4 Public Holiday Shift Where shifts fall partly on a public holiday, the shift which has the major portion falling on a public holiday will be regarded as the holiday shift. Except that, by agreement between the employer and the majority of employees concerned, the shift which has the minor portion falling on a public holiday may be regarded as the holiday shift. 20.5 Payment During Annual Leave Shift penalty payments will be made in respect of any work (other than on public holidays) which an employee would have performed had the employee not been on approved annual leave, subject to the conditions specified in clause 31 - ANNUAL LEAVE LOADING. 20.6 Payments Stand Alone The additional payments prescribed by this clause will not be taken into account in the computation of overtime or in the determination of any allowance based upon salary, nor will they be paid with respect to any shift for which any other form of penalty payment is made under this Agreement. 20.7 Exchange of Shifts An employee is allowed to exchange duties or shifts or days off, or to perform work for another employee, with the approval of the employee's manager. 20.8 Interval Between Shifts
Shifts will be arranged so that an employee has a minimum break of 10 hours continuously off work between shifts except in cases of:
20.9 Day off Instead of Public Holiday A seven day shift worker who is rostered off work on a public holiday will be granted a day's leave in lieu of that holiday within one month after the holiday, if practicable, or paid one day's pay at ordinary rates. 20.10 Roster Changes An employee will be given a minimum of seven consecutive days notice of any rostered change, unless the roster change is by agreement between the employer and an individual employee or is necessitated by an emergency or special circumstances for example sick leave, resignations on short notice, dismissals and suspensions. By agreement between the employer and an employee, an employee may work in excess of ordinary hours to enable time off to be accumulated over a cycle of 4 weeks. The accumulated time off will be taken at a time mutually convenient to the employee and the employer. A maximum of 22 hours 48 minutes may be accumulated. Any hours accumulated in excess of 22 hours 48 minutes will be paid at overtime rates in accordance with clause 23 - OVERTIME.
22.1 Meal Break
An employee who works a minimum of five consecutive hours will receive an unpaid meal break of a minimum of 30 minutes and not more than 60 minutes, except that:
22.2 Tea Break A single 20 minute paid tea break or two 10 minute paid tea breaks inclusive of walk up and walk down time will be granted to employees, at a time fixed by the employer so as to minimise disruption to operations.
23.1 Reasonable Overtime 23.1.1 Subject to clause 23.1.3 an employer may require an employee to work reasonable overtime at overtime rates. 23.1.2 Provided that this subclause does not apply to employees employed in accordance with the provision of clause 35.7 (Parental leave - part-time work). 23.1.3 An employee may refuse to work overtime in circumstances where the working of such overtime would result in the employee working hours which are unreasonable having regard to:
23.2 Definition Overtime is paid for all authorised work outside ordinary hours outlined in clause 19 HOURS OF WORK - DAY WORKERS and clause 20.2 - Shift Worker / Ordinary Hours. 23.3 Rate of Pay - Day Workers
The rate of pay for authorised overtime worked by a day worker will be:
23.4 Rate of Pay - Shift Workers
The rate of pay for authorised overtime worked by a shift worker will be:
23.5 Part-Time Employees
(a) Part-time employees are eligible for overtime rates applicable to full-time employees:
23.6 Rest Period After Overtime
(a) When overtime work is necessary, it will, wherever reasonably practicable, be so arranged that employees have at least 10 consecutive hours off duty between the work of successive days.
23.7 Time Off in Lieu of Overtime
(a) An employee may elect, with the consent of the employer, to take time off in lieu of payment for overtime at a time or times agreed with the employer.
PART 5 - SALARY AND ALLOWANCES
24. JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARIES 24.1 Job Classifications and Salaries The job classifications covered by this Agreement and the respective salary rates are specified in SCHEDULE A - JOB CLASSIFICATIONS and SCHEDULE B - SALARY RATES.
24.2 Review of Classification Structure
24.3 Junior Rates An employee who is under 21 years of age and employed in a job classification specified in SCHEDULE A - JOB CLASSIFICATIONS, will be paid an annual salary. The salary, calculated to the nearest dollar, will be set by applying the appropriate percentage for the age of the employee as specified in Table 1 below, to the minimum total award rate of an adult employed in the same job. TABLE 1 Age of Employee Percentage of Minimum Adult Salary % Under 17 years 50 At 17 years 60 At 18 years 70 At 19 years 81 At 20 years 91
(a) The employer may direct an employee to carry out such duties as are within the limits of the employee's skills, competence and training, consistent with the relevant job classification.
Salaries will be paid:
The parties to this Agreement will comply with the terms of the National Training Wage Award 2000 [AW790899], as varied, as though bound by clause 4 of that Award.
28.1 First Aid Allowance Employees appointed as first aiders will be paid a weekly allowance as specified in SCHEDULE C - ALLOWANCES. 28.2 Mixed Functions
28.3 Overtime Meal Allowance
28.4 Private Motor Vehicle Allowance An employee who is authorised to use a private motor vehicle for official purposes or in circumstances in which the employer would otherwise meet the cost of the journey, is entitled to be reimbursed reasonable expenses incurred in using the vehicle on that journey. |
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