AN120332 – Mechanical Opticians (State) Award
(i) All work done before the fixed starting time or after the fixed ceasing time shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half for the first two hours, and double time thereafter.
(ii) Where an employee is required to work overtime for a period in excess of one and a half hours, the employee shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or paid the amount set out in Schedule A - Part 2 (Meal Allowance), where between Monday and Friday, a second or subsequent meal is taken, the employee shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or be paid the amount set out in Schedule A - Part 2 (Meal Allowance). This allowance to be paid on the day when overtime is worked where practicable.
(iii) An employee working overtime shall be allowed a crib time of twenty minutes without deduction of pay after each four hours of overtime if the employee continues to work after such crib time.
Where the period of overtime to be worked is more than one and a half hours an employee before starting overtime after working ordinary hours shall be allowed a meal break of twenty minutes which shall be paid for at ordinary rates. An employer and employee may agree to any variation of this provision to meet the circumstances of the work in hand provided that the employer shall not be required to make any payment in respect of any time allowed in excess of twenty minutes.
