AN160140 – Gate, Fence and Frames Manufacturing Award
(1) The employer shall keep a time and wages book showing the name of each employee, the nature of the employee's work, the hours worked each day, and the wages and allowances paid each week. Any system of automatic recording by means of machines shall be deemed to comply with this provision to the extent of the information recorded.
(2) The time and wages record shall be open for inspection by a duly accredited official of the union during the usual office hours at the employer's office, or other convenient place, and shall be allowed to take extracts therefrom. Before exercising a power of inspection the representative shall give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours to the employer. The employer's works shall be deemed to be a convenient place for the purpose of this paragraph, and if for any reason the record be not available at the works when the official calls to inspect it, it shall be made available for inspection within twelve hours either at the employer's office or at the works.
