AN120179 – Dental Assistants and Secretaries (State) Award
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(a) The ordinary hours of work shall not exceed 40 per week, and shall be worked between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, and 8.00am and noon on Saturday
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subclause, where an employer attends patients after 6.00pm Monday to Friday, the employer may roster an employee's hours up until 8.00pm on not more than three nights per week. Any such hours worked between 6.00pm and 8.00pm shall be paid at the rate of time and a quarter. In any event, the total number of hours worked in any one week shall not exceed 40 without the payment of overtime.
(c) In any day the period of duty shall be continuous, except for meal breaks.
(ii) Any employee required to work on a Saturday as part of their ordinary hours of duty shall be paid an amount as set out in Item 1 of Table 2, Part B - Monetary Rates in addition to their ordinary rate of pay.
(iii) Not less than 30 minutes and not more than one hour shall be allowed for a midday meal to be taken between noon and 2.00 p.m. An interval of ten minutes shall be allowed for morning tea and a further interval of ten minutes for afternoon tea, which shall be taken on the premises of the employer and shall be counted as time worked.
(iv) Twenty minutes shall be allowed for an evening break to be taken between the hours of 5.30 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. in respect only of employees who have worked continuously (afternoon tea included) for a period of five hours immediately preceding the said times allowed for such evening break. Such evening break shall be counted as time worked.
