AN120387 – Nursing Homes, &C., Nurses' (State) Award
(i) Each employer shall provide a minimum of 12 hours of in-service training per annum to Assistants in Nursing.
(ii) Each employer may make training available to nurses other than Assistants in Nursing.
(iii) Each employee shall provide to their employer details of their attendance at in-service training and the employer shall keep a record of this attendance.
(iv) Upon termination of the employees employment the employer shall provide to the employee a written statement of the hours of in-service training attended by the employee.
(v) Where practicable, such training shall be provided to employees during the normal rostered hours of work. Where it is not practicable to provide such training during the normal rostered hours of work then:
(a) Employees shall attend in-service training outside their normal rostered working hours when required to do so by the employer.
(b) An employer shall provide employees with two weeks notice of the requirement to attend training outside of their normal rostered working hours.
(c) Notwithstanding clause 18, Overtime, attendance at such training shall be paid at ordinary rates.
(d) Notwithstanding subclause (iv) of clause 2, Hours of Work and Free Time of Employees Other Than Directors of Nursing, attendance at such in-service training outside the normal rostered working time of an employee shall not affect the ordinary rate paid to the employee during normal rostered working time.
