AN170054 – Laundry and Dry Cleaning Award
(a) Shifts may be worked by employees at such hours as may be agreed upon by the employer and employees concerned.
(b) For working shift work on any day, Monday to Friday (excluding Public Holidays) an employee shall be paid an allowance in addition to the rate prescribed in Clause 8 - Wage Rates as follows:
(i) Early Morning Shift 15%
(ii) Afternoon Shift 15%
(iii) Night Shift 15%
(iv) Permanent Night Shift 30%
(c) For the purpose of this clause:
(i) ‘Afternoon Shift’ means a shift finishing after 6.00 pm.
(ii) ‘Early Morning Shift’ means a shift commencing prior to 6.30 am.
(iii) ‘Night Shift’ means a shift finishing after midnight and at or before 8.00 am.
(iv) ‘Permanent Night Shift’ means a night shift which does not alternate with another shift so as to give the employee at least one third of his/her working time off night shift.
