AN170028 – Electrical/Electronic Trades (Public Sector) Award
(a) Definitions
For the purpose of Clause 17 hereof:
‘Afternoon shift' means any shift finishing after 6 p.m. and at or before midnight.
‘Continuous work' means work carried on with consecutive shifts of employees throughout the 24 hours of each of at least 6 consecutive days without interruption, except during breakdowns or meal breaks or due to unavoidable causes beyond the control of the employer.
‘Night shift' means any shift finishing subsequent to midnight and at or before 8 a.m.
‘Rostered shift' means a shift of which the employee concerned has had at least 48 hours notice.
(b) Rosters
Shift rosters shall specify the commencing and finishing times of ordinary working hours of the respective shifts.
(c) Variation by Agreement
The method of working shifts may, in any case, be varied by agreement between the employer and the accredited representatives of the union of the employees concerned to suit the circumstances of the establishment.
The time of commencing and finishing shifts once having been determined may be varied by agreement between the employer and the accredited representatives of such union to suit the circumstances of the establishment or in the absence of agreement by 7 days notice of alteration given by the employer to the employee.
(d) Shift Allowances
Shift workers whilst on afternoon or night shifts shall be paid 15% more than the ordinary rates of such shifts.
Shift workers on construction work on site, whilst on afternoon or night shifts shall be paid 15% more than the ordinary rates for such shifts.
Shift workers who work on any afternoon or night shift which does not continue for at least 5 successive afternoons or nights shall be paid at the overtime rates prescribed for day workers.
Employees who:
(i) during a period of engagement on shift, works night shift only; or
(ii) remains on night shift for a longer period than 4 consecutive weeks; or
(iii) works on a night shift which does not rotate or alternate with another shift or with day work so as to give them at least one-third of his working time off night shift in each shift cycle, shall, during such engagement, period or cycle, be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for all time worked during ordinary working hours on such night shifts.
(e) Shift workers, for all time worked in excess of or outside the ordinary working hours prescribed by this award or on a shift other than a rostered shift shall:
(i) if employed on continuous work be paid at the rate of double time; or
(ii) if employed on other shiftwork be paid at the rate of time and a half for the first 2 hours and double time thereafter, except in each case when the time worked is:
(A) by arrangement between the employees themselves;
(B) is due to the fact that the relief man does not come on duty at the proper time; or
(C) On a shift to which an employee is transfotred on short notice as an alternative to standing the employee off in circumstances which would entitle the employer to deduct payment for a day in accordance with subclause (b) of Clause 14 - Contract of Employment.
PROVIDED THAT when not less than 8 hours notice has been given to the employer by the relief employee that he or she will be absent from work and the employee who should be relieved is not relieved, the unrelieved employee shall be paid at the rate of time and a half for the first 2 hours on duty after he or she has finished his or her ordinary shift and at the rate of double time thereafter.
(f) Saturday Work
The minimum rate to be paid to any shift worker for work performed between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday shall be time and a half. Such extra rate shall be in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift premiums prescribed by the first and second paragraphs of subclause (d).
(g) Sundays and Holidays
Shift workers on continuous shifts for work done on a rostered shift the major portion of which is performed on a Sunday or holiday shall be paid at the rate of time and a half.
Shift workers on other than continuous work for all time worked on a Sunday or a holiday shall be paid at the rates prescribed by Clause 16 - Holiday and Sunday Work. When shifts commence between 11 p.m. and midnight on a Sunday or holiday, the time so worked by an employee on a shift commencing before midnight on the day preceding a Sunday or holiday and extending into a Sunday or holiday shall be regarded as time worked on such Sunday or holiday.
