AN150029 – Carpenters & Joiners (General) Award 1993

CLAUSE 31. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT

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31.1 An employer wishing to establish part-time employment shall notify in writing (i.e. by prepaid post, certified mail, fax, lettergram, etc.) the Secretary of the State Branch of the appropriate union(s), where applicable, at least 10 days before any such arrangement is implemented.

31.2 An employee may be engaged by the week for work on a part-time basis for a constant number of hours which having regard to the various ways of arranging ordinary hours shall average less than 38 hours per week.

31.3 An employee so engaged shall be paid per hour one thirty-eighth of the weekly rate prescribed by Clause 9 for the classification in which the employee is engaged.

31.4 An employee engaged on a part-time basis shall be entitled to all other benefits available to full-time employees arising under this award on a proportional basis depending on the number of ordinary regular hours worked per week.

31.5 A part-time employee who works in excess of the hours fixed under the contract of employment shall be paid overtime in accordance with Clause 19 - Overtime and Special Time of this award.