AN140052 – Cafe Restaurant and Catering Award - State (Excluding South-East Queensland) 2003.
6.2.1 Every employee shall be entitled to an unpaid 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 6 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.
6.2.2 Where an employee is required to work through the employee's normal break the employee 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 meal break of the usual duration can be taken or until the employee ceases work for the day.
6.2.3 Any employee who is required to work overtime for more than 2 hours beyond the rostered ceasing time shall be provided with an adequate meal by the employer, or, in the event of the employer being unable to provide such meal, be paid an allowance of $9.60 in lieu thereof.
6.2.4 Meals
Meals may be taken at the option of the employee and where practicable notice shall be given by the employee on the previous day whether meals are required for the following day. The sum of $2.00 may be deducted for any meal taken.
