AP782505CR - Graphics Arts - General - Award 2000
6.3.1 The minimum time allowance for meals will be half an hour and the maximum time allowance one hour.
6.3.2 No period of work will exceed five hours without a break for meals, provided that:
6.3.2(a) Where pursuant to 6.1 - Hours of work, an employer has adopted a system of ordinary working hours which does not require employees to work for more than six hours on a day or shift and they are not required to work in excess of their ordinary hours on that day or shift, then by agreement between the employer and the majority of those employees affected a meal break need not be taken on that day or shift. This agreement is not subject to 2.3 - Facilitative provisions.
6.3.2(b) By agreement between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant, work section or sections affected or by agreement between the employer and an employee, employees may be required to work in excess of five hours but not more than six hours at ordinary rates of pay without a meal break. This agreement is not subject to 2.3 - Facilitative provisions.
6.3.3 Where an employee is required to work during their usual meal period they will be paid one-half extra on the hourly rate of their weekly wage for the time so worked and they will be allowed their usual meal period as soon as it can be arranged, but not later than five hours after commencing work each day.
6.3.4 The meal period of any employee on day work will be between the hours of 11.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.
6.3.5 The usual time of an employee's meal period may be altered:
6.3.5(a) By the employer after the employee has had one week’s notice of the alteration which is to be made; or
6.3.5(b) By an employer acceding to a request by an employee that the employee desires a change in order to attend to some business arrangement, domestic or other personal necessity, in which case notice of alteration will not be required; or
6.3.5(c) By an employer where a change is necessary in order to meet a requirement for continuous running of a machine in which case notice of alteration will not be required. Provided that such a change will not be effected in circumstances where the employee has an existing commitment that prevents the meal period being altered.
6.3.5(d) By agreement between an employer and an employee in which case notice of alteration will not be required provided that such agreement is not for the sole purpose of avoiding the penalty prescribed by 6.3.3. This agreement is not subject to 2.3.
