AN120152 – Community Pharmacy (State) Award 2001
4.1 Pharmacist means a person who is registered as a pharmacist pursuant to the Pharmacy Act 1964.
4.2 Permanent Employee means an employee other than a casual employee.
4.3 Full-time Employee means a permanent employee who is engaged to work for an average of 38 hours or more per week.
4.4 Part-time Employee means a permanent employee who is engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment and who is engaged to work an average of less than 38 hours per week but more than twelve hours per week and receives entitlements pro-rata.
4.5 Casual Employee means an employee who is engaged and paid as such but does not include employees within the definition of part time employee as defined in this clause, but may include an employee who is employed to replace the proprietor or other permanent employee for a fixed period of employment.
4.6 Ordinary rate or ordinary rate of pay shall mean the appropriate rate set out in clause 13.
4.7 Ordinary pay in relation to any employee means the remuneration for the employee’s normal weekly number of ordinary hours of work calculated at the ordinary rate of pay and in addition shall include penalty rates relating to ordinary hours of work, but shall not include overtime.
4.8 Experienced Pharmacist means a pharmacist who has gained a minimum of four years full-time experience, or the part-time equivalent, as a community pharmacist.
4.9 Pharmacist, after first year of experience means a pharmacist who has gained a minimum 1824 hours relevant experience in community pharmacies.
4.10 Pharmacist Manager means a pharmacist who is responsible to the proprietor for all aspects of the business.
4.11 Pharmacist-in-Charge means a pharmacist who assumes responsibility for the day to day supervision and functioning of a community pharmacy practice.
4.12 Pharmacy Student means a person who is undertaking an accredited course of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy.
4.13 Pharmacy Trainee means a person who has satisfied the examination requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy and is engaging in the period of pre-registration training required under the Pharmacy Act 1964.
4.14 Guild means the New South Wales Pharmacy Guild, an industrial organisation of employers registered pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
4.15 Union means the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association, New South Wales or the Shop Assistants’ and Warehouse Employees’ Federation of Australia, Newcastle and Northern New South Wales, industrial organisations of employees registered pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
4.16 Continuous Service means service under an unbroken contract of employment and includes:
4.16.1 any period of leave taken in accordance with this award; and
4.16.2 any period of leave or absence authorised by the employer or by an employment agreement; and
4.16.3 any period of leave or absence on account of illness, disease or injury.
