AN140031 – Boarding House Employees Award - State (Excluding South-East Queensland) 2003
6.3.1 Meals supplied to employees shall be of good quality and of sufficient quantity and well cooked, and shall include afternoon tea.
6.3.2 Except as hereinafter provided every employee shall be entitled to a meal break of not less than 30 minutes nor more than one hour for breakfast, lunch or dinner. No employee shall work for more than 5 hours without a meal break except where overtime of one hour's duration or less is being worked immediately following an employee's ordinary ceasing time.
6.3.3 Shift workers shall be allowed a paid crib break of 30 minutes' duration to be taken not earlier than the 4th hour nor later than the 5th hour of the shift.
6.3.4 Where an employee is required to work through their normal meal break they shall be paid at the rate of double time for all work so performed and such double time shall continue to be paid until such time as a 30 minute meal break can be taken or until the employee ceases for the day.
6.3.5 Any employee who is required to continue working for more than one hour beyond their ordinary ceasing time shall, if not notified on the previous working day, be provided with an adequate meal by their employer or paid an amount of $9.60 in lieu thereof:
Provided that where an employee has provided themselves with a meal because of receipt of notice to work overtime and such overtime is not worked, they shall be paid $9.60 for any meal so provided.
