AN120505 – Social and Community Services Employees (State) Award
25.1 An employee who is called upon by the employer to perform the duties of another employee in a higher classification under this Award for at least 38 consecutive rostered hours shall be paid for the days on which those duties are performed at a rate not less than the minimum rate prescribed for the higher classification provided that such claims be made by the employee within one month of the cessation of the performance of such duties.
25.2 Where a public holiday falls within a period referred to in 25.1, the public holiday shall be considered as time worked in the higher classification.
25.3 An employee required to perform the work of another employee shall not suffer any reduction in their wage.
25.4 The payment paid in 25.1 shall be considered to be the employee’s ordinary rate of pay for all purposes while ever the employee is in receipt of the higher duties payment.
