Common use of Sleepover Allowance Clause in Contracts

Sleepover Allowance. This clause only applies to Home Care employees. (a) A sleepover means when the Employer requires an employee to sleep overnight at premises where the client for whom the employee is responsible is located (including respite care) and is not a 24-hour care shift. (b) An employee may refuse a sleepover in the circumstances with reasonable cause. (c) The span for a sleepover will be a continuous period of eight (8) hours. Employees will be provided with a separate room with a bed, use of appropriate facilities and free board including a meal allowance each night when the employee sleeps over. (d) The employee will be entitled to a sleepover allowance of 2.2 hours of the employee’s classification for each sleepover. (e) In the event of the employee on sleepover being required to perform work during the sleepover period, the employee will be paid for the time worked at the prescribed overtime rate with a minimum payment as for one (1) hour worked. Where such work exceeds one (1) hour, payment will be made at the prescribed overtime rate for the duration of the work. (f) The Employer may roster an employee to perform work immediately before and/or immediately after the sleepover period but must roster the employee or pay the employee for at least four (4) hours. The payment prescribed by clause 21.4(d) will be in addition to the minimum payment prescribed by this subclause. (g) The dispute resolution procedure applies to the sleepover provisions.

Sleepover Allowance. This clause only applies to Home Care home care employees. (a) A sleepover means when the Employer an employer requires an employee to sleep overnight at premises where the client for whom the employee is responsible is located (including respite care) and is not a 24-hour care shift. (b) An employee may refuse a sleepover in the circumstances with reasonable cause. (c) The span for a sleepover will be a continuous period of eight (8) hours. Employees will be provided with a separate room with a bed, use of appropriate facilities and free board including a meal allowance each night when the employee sleeps over. (d) The employee will be entitled to a sleepover allowance of 2.2 hours of the employee’s employees classification for each sleepover. (e) In the event of the employee on sleepover being required to perform work during the sleepover period, the employee will be paid for the time worked at the prescribed overtime rate with a minimum payment as for one (1) hour worked. Where such work exceeds one (1) hour, payment will be made at the prescribed overtime rate for the duration of the work. (f) The Employer An employer may roster an employee to perform work immediately before and/or immediately after the sleepover period period, but must roster the employee or pay the employee for at least four (4) hours. The payment prescribed by clause 21.4(d) will be in addition to the minimum payment prescribed by this subclause. (g) The dispute resolution procedure applies to the sleepover provisions.