AN170026 – Disability Service Providers Award

PART V – HOURS OF WORK, PENALTY PAYMENTS, SHIFT WORK AND OVERTIME 

1. DEFINITIONS

‘Afternoon shift’ means any shift finishing after 6.00pm and at or before midnight.

‘Broken shift’ means any shift worked in two periods where a continuous break in the 2 periods exceeds one hour.

‘Day shift’ means any shift other than a broken shift (as defined) worked wholly between the hours of 7.00am and 6.00pm.

‘Night shift’ means any shift finishing subsequent to midnight and at or before 8.00am.

‘Roster’ means any work pattern designed for a specific work area for all shifts worked excluding work performed in accordance with Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Payments, Shift Work and Overtime, Clause 2 - Hours of Work - subclauses A. and B. and Clause 4 - Overtime.

‘Rostered day off’ shall mean a day an employee is allowed off to facilitate the working of a 38-hour week in accordance with Part V – Hours of Work, Penalty Payments, Shift Work and Overtime, Clause 2 – Hours of Work, subclause A., paragraph (b)(ii)(3) and (4).

‘Rostered employee’ means an employee who is required to work in accordance with a shift roster (as defined).

‘Scheduled day off’ means one of the two days an employee is allowed off each week in accordance with Part V – Hours of Work, Penalty Payments, Shift Work and Overtime, Clause 6 - Rostered Days Off.

‘Shift Work’ means a work cycle, which regularly falls outside the ordinary hours of work in accordance with Part V – Hours of Work, Penalty Payments, Shift Work and Overtime, Clause 2 – Hours of Work and may include weekend work.