AN120011 – Aged Care General Services (State) Award

11. PENALTY RATES AND SHIFT ALLOWANCES

(i) Employees shall be paid the following percentages in addition to their ordinary rate for shifts rostered as follows:

(a) 10% for afternoon shift commencing at or after 10:00 a.m. and before 1:00 p.m.

(b) 12.5% for afternoon shift commencing at or after 1:00 p.m. and before 4:00 p.m.

(c) 15% for night shift commencing at or after 4:00 p.m. and before 4:00 a.m.

(d) 10% for night shift commencing at or after 4:00 a.m. and before 5:30 a.m.

provided that, laundry staff working afternoon or night shift as at 30th September, 1993 shall be paid 20% in addition to the ordinary rate for such shifts. All laundry staff employed after 30th September, 1993 shall receive the penalty rates prescribed in (a) to (d) above.

(ii) Notwithstanding subclause (i), employees working less than the hours prescribed for a full-time employee within clause 4, Hours shall only be entitled to the additional rates where their shifts commence prior to 5.30 a.m. or finish subsequent to 6.00 p.m.

(iii) Ordinary hours of work which occur between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half and between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday, shall be paid for at the rate of time and three quarters. These extra rates shall be in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift allowances prescribed in subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause.