AN120221 – Funeral Industries (State) Award 2005

15. MEAL TIMES, CRIB TIMES AND MEAL ALLOWANCE

(i) All employees, excluding non-resident officers and duty officers whose ordinary working hours commence at or after 12 noon, but including full day casuals, shall be allowed not less than forty-five minutes nor more than one hour for a meal, between the hours of 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. on each day, Monday to Friday.

(ii)

(a) Non-resident officers and duty officers whose ordinary working hours commence between 12 noon and 2.00 p.m. shall be allowed not less than forty-five minutes nor more than one hour as an unpaid meal break at a time as close as practicable to the middle of their hours worked, Monday to Saturday, inclusive.

(b) Non-resident officers or duty officers whose ordinary working hours commence at 2.00 p.m. shall be allowed twenty minutes as a crib time which shall be counted as time worked, Monday to Saturday, inclusive.

(iii) Any employee who commences work before 7.00 a.m. and who continues to work up to and including the ordinary commencing time for that day shall, in addition to the meal time prescribed in subclause (i) of this clause, be allowed twenty minutes as a crib time which shall be counted as time worked and shall be taken before commencing his/her ordinary duties.

(iv) Half day casuals shall not be allowed a meal break.

(v) Any employee who is not notified on or before the time he/she ceases duty on the previous day that he/she will be required to take his/her meal period at some other place than his/her recognised depot or workshop shall be paid the sum as set out in Item 21 of table 2 of Part B, to provide for a meal provided that on a Monday or a day succeeding a public holiday such notification may be given at the last known address of the employee not later than the time reasonably necessary for the employee to travel from his/her home to his/her recognised depot or workshop. The allowance prescribed herein shall be paid for on a daily basis.

(vi) Within six hours after his/her actual commencing time or within five hours after his/her ordinary rostered commencing time an employee shall be granted a meal break and if the employee is not granted a meal break, in accordance with subclause (i), of this clause, he/she shall, before commencing a new job, be granted a crib break of twenty minutes which shall be counted as time worked.

(vii) An employee required to work overtime for more than two hours immediately after his/her ordinary ceasing time shall be allowed a crib break of twenty minutes which shall be counted as time worked.

(viii) Employees required to commence work at or before 6.00 a.m. or who are required to work overtime for more than two hours after the ordinary ceasing time shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Item 22 of Table 2. This subclause shall not apply in respect to removals or deliveries performed at or before 6.00 a.m. and shall not apply in cases where an employee is recalled for overtime on a particular day.

(ix) Employees required to work after 7.00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Item 23 of Table 2.