AN120484 – Saddlery, Leather, Canvas and Plastic Material Workers' (State) Award
(a) Each employer shall keep in each factory, workshop or place where work is carried on by the employee, some card or check used in connection with a mechanical clock or a time and wages book showing the name of each employee and his or her occupation, the hours worked each day and the wages and allowances paid each week.
(b) When a time book is kept it shall be correctly entered up in ink in the English language, and shall be signed each week by the employee verifying the accuracy of the hours worked and the wages and allowances paid each week.
(c) The time occupied by an employee in filling in any time books or cards or in the making of records shall be treated as time of duty, but this does not apply to checking in or out at the beginning or end of duty.
(d) The time and wages book shall be open for inspection to officers of the union duly authorised by the Industrial Registrar pursuant to section 299 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996, during the usual office hours at the employer's office or other convenient place; provided that an inspection shall not be demanded unless the Secretary of the union or an organiser of any section suspects that a breach of this award has been or is being committed.
(e) The official making such inspection shall be entitled to take a copy of entries in a time and wages book relating to the suspected breach of this award.
