AN120154 – Concrete Pipe and Concrete Products Factories Consolidated (State) Award
(a) The ordinary hours of work shall be an average of 38 per week, to be worked over a maximum cycle of four weeks.
(b) The method for working the ordinary hours is prescribed in clause 3, Implementation of the 38- Hour Week.
(c) The ordinary hours of work prescribed herein may be worked on any weekdays or all weekdays, Monday to Friday. These hours shall be worked continuously, except for meal breaks, between 6.00a.m. and 6.00p.m. in respect to day work, and as prescribed in clause 9, Shift Work, in respect to shift work, subject to the following:
(i) The spread of hours may be altered by mutual agreement between an employer and the majority of employees in the plant or section or sections concerned.
(ii) Work done outside the spread of hours fixed in accordance with this clause for which overtime rates are payable shall be deemed for the purpose of this clause to be part of the ordinary ours of work when otherwise the ordinary hours worked would be less than those prescribed herein.
(d) The ordinary hours of work prescribed herein shall not exceed 10 hours on any day. Provided that:
(i) In any arrangement of ordinary working hours where the ordinary working hours are to exceed eight on any day, the arrangement of hours shall be subject to the written agreement of the employer and the majority of employees in the plant or section or sections concerned.
(ii) By agreement between an employer, the union and/or a majority of employees in the plant or work section or sections concerned, ordinary hours not exceeding 12 on any day may be worked subject to:
(1) the employer and the employees concerned being guided by the occupational health and safety provisions of the ACTU Code of Conduct on 12-Hour Shifts;
(2) proper health monitoring procedures being introduced;
(3) suitable roster arrangements being made;
(4) and proper supervision being provided.
