AN120098 – Butter, Cheese & Other Dairy Products (State) Award
5.1 Day workers will be allowed between thirty minutes and one hour between 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. on each working day for an unpaid meal break.
5.2 Meal breaks may be staggered within each particular work area so that full production may be maintained wherever possible.
5.3 Shift workers will be allowed a crib break of twenty minutes each shift at a time agreed upon by the employer and the Union. This crib break will be paid for and counted as time worked.
5.4 An employee who is called upon to work for more than two hours after his or her normal finishing time will be allowed 30 minutes for a meal break (or 20 minutes for a crib break in the case of shift workers), which will be taken immediately after the normal finishing time.
5.5 An employee who is called upon to work overtime for more than two hours after normal finishing time and who has not been notified on the previous working day of the requirement to work overtime will be provided with a meal by the employer or instead paid the meal allowance set out in Item 1 of Table 2. An employee who has provided himself or herself with a meal after having been so notified, and who is not required to work after the normal finishing time will be paid the meal allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2. A meal need not be provided nor payment be made if the employee is permitted and can return home for the meal.
5.6 Where an employee is required to work during his or her meal break he or she will be paid at the rate of double time for the work so performed.
5.7 Not more than five hours will be worked without a meal break or crib break.
5.8 Any payment for a meal under this clause will be in addition to any overtime payment under Clause 12 - Overtime.
