AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980
(1) (a) An employee who does not work at least one week on day shift out of each consecutive three weeks shall be paid for each shift other than day shift at the rate of time and one quarter. Provided that if that employee is required to work for more than one week consecutively on afternoon shift or for more than one week consecutively on night shift, such an employee shall be paid at the rate of time and one quarter for each shift other than day shift in the consecutive second and subsequent weeks of afternoon or of night shift.
(b) This subclause shall not apply to employees employed on rosters agreed between the parties nor to employees to whom this subclause would only otherwise apply because of a change of shift due to a private arrangement with another employee, nor to employees (known as "rostered relief employees") regularly employed on continuous process work who are required to work shifts to enable other employees engaged on such work to change shifts weekly and to have their days off, if such rostered relief employee is not required to work more night shifts or more afternoon shifts than the number of days shifts worked by such employee.
(2) A shift employee shall, in addition to that employee's ordinary rate be paid per shift at the rate of $8.00 when on afternoon or night shift.
(3) (a) Where any particular process work is carried out on shifts other than day shift, and less than five consecutive afternoon or five consecutive night shifts are worked on that process work, then employees employed on such afternoon or night shifts shall be paid at overtime rates.
(b) The sequence of work shall not be deemed to be broken under the preceding paragraph by reason of the fact that work on that process work is not carried out on a Saturday or Sunday or on any public holiday.
(4) (a) An employee who replaces a regular shift employee who is absent for any reason beyond the control of the employer, on afternoon or night shift, shall be paid at the rate of time and one quarter if such employee does not work for five consecutive shifts (other than day shift) the appropriate shift work rate if such employee works five or more of such shifts consecutively.
(b) An employee who replaces on afternoon or night shift a regular shift employee who is absent by reason of a direction of the employer shall be paid at overtime rates unless such employee works the number of consecutive shifts prescribed in the next preceding paragraph.
(c) The sequence of consecutive shifts shall not be deemed to be broken under subclause (4) hereof by reason of rostered days off in respect to employees employed on continuous process work or by a Saturday or Sunday in respect to other employees or by any public holiday or any other reason beyond the control of the employer.
(d) An employee who does not work five consecutive shifts for any reason beyond the control of the employer shall not be entitled to payment under the provisions of this subclause. Where any particular work other than that work covered by the standard shift roster is carried out on shifts, other than day shifts, and less than five consecutive afternoon or five consecutive night shifts are worked, then employees employed for such afternoon or night shifts shall be paid at overtime rates.
(5) Other than as provided for in paragraph (a) of subclause (4) of this clause any employee shall be required to transfer from day work to shift work and vice versa and from shift to shift as required by the employer and wherever possible employees will be given maximum notice of a requirement to change rosters. Such transfer shall not result in a reduction in the employees ordinary time earnings.
(6) Where an employee has commenced work, and is sent home and instructed to attend at a later shift, the employee shall be paid not less than two hours at ordinary time for the first attendance on the initial shift.
(7) A continuous shift employee called upon to work a regularly rostered overtime shift not more than once in every four weeks shall be paid for that shift at the rate of time and one half for the first two hours and double time thereafter.
