Common use of Remaining On Site Clause in Contracts

Remaining On Site. Where rain events are brief, intermittent or occasional employees will remain on site and return to normal work when it is safe and reasonable to do so. Where employees are prevented from working because of frequent or continuous rain: a) for more than an accumulated total of four hours of ordinary time in any one day; or b) after the meal break for more than an accumulated total of 50% of the normal afternoon work time; or c) during the final two hours of the normal work day for more than an accumulated total of one hour, The employer shall not be entitled to require the employees to remain on site beyond the expiration of any of the above circumstances. Provided that where, by agreement between the employers representative and the employee’s representative the employees remain on site beyond the periods specified above, any such additional wet time shall be paid for but shall not be debited against the employees’ hours (refer clause 10).