AN120505 – Social and Community Services Employees (State) Award

13. TIME OFF IN LIEU OF OVERTIME

13.1 Time Off in Lieu of Payment for Overtime

(a) An employee may elect, with the consent of the employer, to take time off in lieu of payment for overtime at a time or times agreed with the employer.

(b) Overtime taken as time off during ordinary hours shall be taken at the ordinary time rate, that is an hour for each hour worked.

(c) An employer shall, if requested by an employee, provide payment, at the rate provided for the payment of overtime in the Award, for any overtime worked under sub-clause (a) above where such time has not been taken within four weeks of accrual. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this sub-clause, on notice from the employer, an employee must elect within six months of accrual, whether to take overtime worked under (a) above as an overtime payment or as time off work at the ordinary time rate of pay.