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AN140088 – Credit Unions' Administrative and Clerical Officers' Award - State 2002

6.2 MEAL BREAKS

6.2.1 Where an employee is required to continue working for more than 5 hours continuously, the employee shall be allowed a meal break of not less than one hour between the 4th and 5th hours or immediately after the 5th hour worked. Such meal break shall not be regarded as working time, but if the meal break is not given the employee shall be paid for one hour's meal time in addition to payment for time worked, and such extra payment shall be made at the rate prevailing at the time the meal break ought to have been given.

6.2.2 An employee required to continue duty or to resume duty after 6.00 p.m. on any day other than Saturday or after 1.00 p.m. on Saturday or after 12.00 noon on Sunday and who cannot reasonably be expected to go to their home or lodgings for a meal shall, in addition to any payment for overtime to which the employee is entitled under clause 6.4 shall be paid $9.60 meal money.

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