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AN120484 – Saddlery, Leather, Canvas and Plastic Material Workers' (State) Award

29. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT

Where an employer offers employment for a full working week but employees seeking employment request to work for a lesser period, or where an employee responds to an advertisement for part-time employment, then they may be employed as part-time employees in any branch of the industry covered by the scope of this award and subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) They shall be employed for not less than 20 hours in any week.

(b) They shall be paid for each hour worked one thirty-eighth of the minimum weekly wage prescribed by this award for the class of work performed by them.

(c) The payment or deduction of payment in lieu of notice of termination of employment shall be two-fifths of the pay of the preceding week of the employee concerned.

(d) The provisions of this award as regards to annual leave, sick leave and holidays shall apply to such part-time employees but they shall be paid in respect of the period of such annual leave, sick leave and holidays only at the wage rate actually being received by them at such time.

(e) Save as aforesaid, all the provisions of this award shall apply to such part-time employees.

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