Common use of Telephone Call Clause in Contracts

Telephone Call. In (1) A casual employee shall normally be contacted during the periods of 0600 hours to 1700 hours, for the purpose of receiving work assignments. (2) To meet short notice requirements or emergency situations, employees may be contacted outside the above mentioned hours, but failure to contact shall not be considered as unavailability. (3) A casual employee shall not be disciplined for being unavailable for assignments when the unavailability arises from illness, union leave, medical appointments or special leaves under article 19.03. (4) The Employer shall notify casual employees at a number provided by the employee. The Employer shall commence by notifying the employee in the register who meets the criteria specified in (iii) (1). (5) All such contracts shall be recorded whether the employee accepts or declines the invitation to work or fails to answer. In the event of a dispute within 21 calendar days of the shift the Union shall have reasonable access to the records (6) In the event that relief is requested with less than 24 hours’ notice, the date and time of the notification shall be recorded.