AN120470 – Retail Services Employees (State) Award
(A) Definitions:
"Night Shift" means any shift finishing subsequent to midnight and at or before 8:00am or any shift commencing at or after midnight and before 5:00am.
"Afternoon Shift" means any shift finishing after 6:30pm and at or before midnight on any night.
"Early Morning Shift" means any shift commencing at or after 5:00am and before 6:00am.
"Night Shift, non-rotating" means any shift system in which night shifts are worked which do not rotate or alternate with another shift so as to give the employee at least one-third of their working time off night shift in each roster cycle.
(B) Shift Allowances:
(i) Shift Workers (does not apply to Retail Building Assistant): The following additional allowances shall be paid to employees classified as shift workers in respect of work performed during ordinary hours of shift as defined in subclause (A), Definitions, of this clause:
Percentage | |
Early Morning Shift |
10 |
Afternoon Shift |
15 |
Night Shift, rotating with Day or Afternoon Shift |
17.5 |
Night Shift, non-rotating |
30 |
(ii) Saturday and Sunday Work During Ordinary Hours (Retail Security Assistants as defined in paragraph (a) of subclause (i) of clause 2, Definitions):
(a) Such employees required to work their ordinary hours on a Saturday and/or Sunday shall be paid for all time so worked at the following rates:
Saturday work |
time and one-half |
Sunday work |
double time |
(b) The allowance prescribed in this subclause shall be in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift work allowances prescribed in paragraph (i) of this subclause.
(c) For the purpose of this clause, the rates prescribed shall apply in respect of ordinary hours of work only and shall apply to all Retail Security Assistants as defined in paragraph (a) of subclause (i) of the said clause 2, including Casual Retail Security Assistants.
(iii) Broken Shift Workers (Retail Services Assistants and Retail Security Assistants [Gatekeepers] as defined in paragraph (b) of subclause (i) of the said clause 2). A full-time employee working a broken shift in accordance with subparagraph (b) of this paragraph shall be paid the following additional allowances:
(a) For each broken shift so worked - a shift allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates.
(b) Excess fares allowance at the rate set out in Item 2 of the said Table 2 per week extra.
(iv) Retail Building Assistants: In lieu of the shift allowances prescribed in paragraph (i) of this subclause, a Retail Building Assistant required to work ordinary hours after 9:00pm shall receive the following additional rates for each hour so worked:
Percentage | |
Between the hours of 9.00pm and midnight |
15 |
Between the hours of midnight and 6.00am |
30 |
