AN160238 – Paint and Varnish Makers' Award No. 22 of 1957
(1) An employee required to work overtime for more than two hours without being notified on the previous day or earlier that he/she will be required to work, shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or paid $9.60 for a meal.
(2) If the amount of overtime required to be worked necessitates a second or subsequent meal, the employer shall, unless he/she has notified the employees concerned on the previous day or earlier that such second or subsequent meal will also be required, provide such meals or pay an amount of $9.60 for each second or subsequent meal.
(3) No such payments need be made to employees living in the same locality as their workshops who can reasonably return home for such meals.
(4) If an employee in consequence of receiving such notice has provided him/herself with a meal or meals and is not required to work overtime or is required to work less overtime than notified, he/she shall be paid the amounts above prescribed in respect of the meals not then required.
