AN120387 – Nursing Homes, &C., Nurses' (State) Award

42. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FIRE DRILLS

(i) Any employee required to work outside the ordinary hours of work in satisfaction of the requirements for compulsory fire safety practices (e.g., fire drill and evacuation procedures), contained from time to time within the Nursing Homes Act 1988 and the regulations made there under, shall be entitled to be paid the "ordinary rate" for the actual time spent in attendance at such practices. Such time spent in attendance shall not be viewed as overtime for the purposes of this award.

(ii) Any employee required to attend Occupational Health and Safety Committee and/or Board of Management meetings in the capacity of employee representative shall, if such meetings are held outside the ordinary hours of work, be entitled to receive payment at the "ordinary rate" for the actual time spent in attendance at such meetings. Such time spent in attendance shall not be viewed as overtime for the purposes of this award.

(iii) For the purposes of this clause, "ordinary rate" shall include amounts payable under clause 6, Salaries, subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause 10, Special Allowances, and clause 11, Climatic and Isolation Allowance, plus, where appropriate, the ten per cent loading prescribed in clause 21, Part-time, Casual and Temporary Employees, for employees engaged otherwise than as a full- time or permanent part-time employee.