AN160214 – Mineral Sands Mining and Processing Industry Award 1981
(1) Day Employees.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this subclause, the ordinary working hours of day employees shall be 40 per week to be worked eight hours per day between 7.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive
(b) Starting or finishing times other than those prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subclause may, in any particular case, be fixed by agreement between the employer and the union.
(c) The ordinary working hours shall be consecutive except for a meal interval which shall not be more than one hour, nor less than thirty minutes.
(2) Shift Employees.
(a) The ordinary working hours of shift employees shall be -
(i) in the case of continuous or seven day shift employees - eighty per fortnight, to be worked in shifts of eight hours. Provided that where the shift rosters are agreed between the company and the union, the ordinary hours of work may be one hundred and sixty hours in four consecutive weeks;
(ii) in other cases - forty per week to be worked in shifts of eight hours.
For the purpose of this paragraph, a fortnight means the two weekly pay period, or where wages are paid weekly, any two consecutive weekly pay periods.
(b) (i) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, each shift employee shall be allowed time for crib in each shift as nearly as practicable to the middle of the shift, but dependent upon the plant requirements from day to day.
(ii) On a three shift system, but not otherwise, the crib time shall be counted as time worked and shall be twenty minutes. In other cases, the crib time shall be not less than thirty minutes more than one hour.
(iii) The crib time shall commence no later than five and one half hours after the commencement of the shift.
(c) Where a three shift system is not being worked, the ordinary hours shall be consecutive except for crib time.
(3) All Employees - A tea break of seven minutes be allowed to employees during the first half of each shift.
(4) Liberty is reserved to the applicant to apply to vary the quantum of hours prescribed in subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause at any time.
