AN150130 – Retail Industry (South Australia) Award

PART 4 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES’ DUTIES, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND RELATED ARRANGEMENTS 

CLAUSE 4.1 CONTRACT OF HIRING
OPDATE 15:03:2006 1st pp on or after

4.1.1 Subject to Clause 4.11 Termination of Employment, the contract of hiring shall, in the absence of an express contract to the contrary, be deemed to be a hiring by the week.

4.1.2 Unavoidable stoppages

An employee whose contract of hiring is by the week shall not be entitled to payment for time lost when work is unavoidably stopped because of a breakdown of plant and/or machinery or a failure of power or a shortage of material or a strike. In case an employee on any day reports for duty at the employee's usual place of employment without having received notice of such stoppage before leaving home for work, the employee shall be paid in respect of that day not less than 2 hours pay. An employee having started work on any such day shall be entitled to be paid for a minimum of 2 hours work.