AN120154 – Concrete Pipe and Concrete Products Factories Consolidated (State) Award

11. MEAL INTERVALS AND ALLOWANCES

(a) Employees shall be entitled to a meal break of not less than 30 minutes and not more than one hour which must be commenced within the fourth to sixth hours from the commencement of ordinary working hours. The employer may, in appropriate circumstances, reasonably require an employee to change the time of taking the meal break to ensure continuity of production.

(b) An employee required to work for five hours on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday shall be entitled to a meal interval of 20 minutes to be paid at ordinary rates of pay, provided the employee continues work for more than one and a half hours following the conclusion of the meal interval.

(c) An employee required to defer the meal break beyond the sixth hour of the shift shall be paid at the rate of time and a half until the meal break is taken or the end of the shift whichever first occurs.

(d) An employee required to work overtime for more than two hours without being notified on the previous day or earlier that they would be required to work overtime shall either be supplied with a meal by the employer or paid as prescribed in Item 11 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, for the first and subsequent meals. If an employee, pursuant to notice, has provided a meal or meals and is not required to work overtime or is required to work less than the amount advised, this employee shall be paid as above prescribed for meals which the employee has provided but which are surplus.

(e) An employee who is required to work for more than two hours beyond the normal ceasing time in any day shall be allowed a break of 20 minutes at ordinary rates. After each further four hours worked an employee shall be entitled to a crib time of 20 minutes without deduction of pay, if the employee continues working after such crib time.

The employee and employer may agree to any variation of these provisions to suit the circumstances of the work in hand. Provided that the employer shall not be required to make payment in respect of any time allowed in excess of 20 minutes.

(f) The employer may organise meal breaks to be taken at such times that they will not interfere with the continuity of work.