AN160142 – Gold Mining Engineering and Maintenance Award
(1) Except in the case of casual workers who may leave or be dismissed at any time, the contract of service shall be weekly and may be terminated by one week's notice on either side given on any day.
If an employer or a worker fails to give the required notice one week's wages shall be paid by the employer or forfeited by the worker.
(2) The employer shall be under no obligation to pay for any day not worked upon which the worker is required to present himself for duty, except such absence from work is due to illness and comes within the provisions of clause 13, or such absence is on account of holidays to which the worker is entitled under the provisions of the award.
(3) This clause does not affect the right to dismiss for misconduct, and in such case wages shall be paid up to the time of dismissal only.
(4) The employer shall be entitled to deduct payment for any day or portion of a day upon which the worker cannot be usefully employed because of any strike by the union or unions affiliated with it or by an other association or union, or through the breakdown of the employer's machinery, or any stoppage of work by any cause which the employer cannot reasonably prevent.
