Common use of SHIFT AND WEEKEND WORK Clause in Contracts

SHIFT AND WEEKEND WORK. (1) A loading of 15 per cent of the ordinary wage shall be paid for time worked on an afternoon or night shift of at least eight hours, as defined hereunder: (a) Afternoon Shift - commencing between 12 noon and 6.00 p.m. (b) Night Shift - commencing at or between 6.00 p.m. and 4.00 a.m. (2) An employee shall be paid for ordinary hours worked between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday at the rate of time and one half and between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday, at the rate of double time. All work performed on Public Holidays shall be paid at the rate of double time and one half. (3) The rates prescribed in (2) hereof shall be in substitution for and not cumulative on the rate prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause. (4) A shift employee who is regularly rostered to work Sundays and Public Holidays and who is not required to work on a holiday which falls on his/her day off, shall be allowed a day’s leave with pay to be added to his/her annual leave or taken at some other time if the employee so agrees. (5) Unless otherwise provided in this Award, there shall be a minimum break of eight hours for any employee between the completion of one roster by that employee and his commencement on another roster.

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Sources: Cleaners and Caretakers Agreement, Cleaners and Caretakers Agreement