AN120387 – Nursing Homes, &C., Nurses' (State) Award
(i) Subject to subclauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this clause, an employee who is called upon to relieve an employee in a higher classification or is called upon to act in a vacant position of a higher classification, shall be entitled to receive for the period of relief or the period during which he/she so acts the minimum payment for such higher classification.
(ii) The provisions of subclause (i) of this clause shall not apply where the employee of the higher classification is off duty pursuant to clause 3, Hours of Work and Free Time of Directors of Nursing, except insofar as a Director of Nursing accumulates days off for a continuous period of one week or more; nor when an employee in a higher grade is absent from duty by reason of his/her additional day off duty as a consequence of working a 38 hour week.
(iii) Further, the provisions of subclause (i) of this clause shall not apply where a Director of Nursing is absent from duty for a period of three working days or less for any reason other than pursuant to the said clause 3.
(iv) Subject to subclauses (ii) and (iii) above, the provisions of subclause (i) shall not apply where a day worker is being relieved and is absent from duty for a period of three consecutive working days or less
