AN120149 – Commercial Travellers, &C., (State) Award
(i) The ordinary hours of work shall be 38 per week.
The working week shall be worked, at the election of the employer, in one of the following forms:
(a) a 19-day monthly cycle; or
(b) a 10-day fortnightly cycle with a half day off on one day of the fortnight;
(c) a weekly cycle with two hours off one day of the week or an equal number of minutes off on each day of the week;
(d) implement 38 hours for employees following the method adopted for the general body of employees in the employer's establishment.
(ii) An employee who is specifically directed by his/her employer to work after 6.30pm Monday to Friday, inclusive, shall be paid for each hour worked at the rate of four per cent of the minimum remuneration prescribed for his/her classification in clause 10, Remuneration, of Part I - Local Employees, with a minimum payment of two hours.
(iii) (a) An employee who is specifically directed by his/her employer to work on a Saturday or Sunday shall be paid each hour worked the undermentioned percentages of the minimum remuneration prescribed in clause 10, for a local employee with a minimum payment of two hours:
(1) Saturdays - 4 per cent.
(2) Sundays - 5 per cent.
(b) Provided that where an employee is required to attend sales conferences on weekends the first two such conferences attended in any year shall, in lieu of the payments specified in paragraph (a) of this sub-clause, be paid at the rate of two and one half per cent of the minimum remuneration prescribed by clause 10, for a local employee with a minimum payment of two hours.
(iv) Where an employee as a result of his/her employer's directions necessarily spends time on a Saturday returning to his/her usual place of residence, or is directed by his/her employer to travel on a Sunday to his/her territory from his/her usual place of residence, he/she shall be paid for all such reasonable time spent travelling at the rate of two and one half per cent of the minimum remuneration prescribed in clause 10, for a local employee.
(vi) The hourly rates of pay prescribed in sub-clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this clause shall be calculated in multiples of 10 cents, amounts of less than 5 cents to be taken to the lower multiple, and amounts of 5 cents or more to be taken to the higher multiple.
