AN170068 – Mobile Crane Hire Award
(a) An employee may be required to work reasonable overtime and such overtime need not be limited to one job only. An employee may be notified to work such overtime prior to leaving the employer's premises or where the employee agrees, after having left the employer's premises.
(b) (i) All time worked on weekdays outside the ordinary hours and on Saturdays, shall be paid at time and one half for the first two hours and double time thereafter. Provided that overtime worked after 12 noon on Saturday shall be paid at double time.
(ii) All time worked on a Sunday shall be paid at double time.
(iii) All time worked on a public holiday shall be paid at double time and one half.
(c) An employee shall be paid a minimum of four hours at the appropriate penalty rates for working overtime on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday.
(d) An employee travelling between the depot and nominated work site outside of ordinary hours shall be paid at the appropriate overtime rates for the period of such travel.
(e) An employee travelling to and/or from home to start/finish overtime when reasonable means of transport are not available shall either be provided with transport to and/or from home or be paid ordinary rates for the time taken for such travel.
(f) When overtime work is necessary, it shall, wherever reasonably practicable, be so arranged that employees have at least ten consecutive hours off duty between the work of successive days or shifts.
(g) (i) An employee who works so much overtime:-
between the finish of ordinary work on any day or shift and the commencement of ordinary work on the next day or shift, that the employee has not had at least ten consecutive hours off duty between these times; or
on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, not being ordinary working days, or on a rostered day off, without having had ten consecutive hours off duty in the twenty-four hours preceding the employees ordinary commencing time on the next ordinary day or shift
shall, subject to this sub-clause, be released after completion of such overtime until the employee has had ten consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
(ii) If on the instruction of the employer such an employee resumes or continues work without having had such ten consecutive hours off duty, the employee shall be paid at double rates until released from duty for such a period and shall then be entitled to be absent until the employee has had ten consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
(h) Call Back
(i) An employee recalled to work after leaving the employer's premises shall be paid a minimum of four hours at the appropriate penalty rates. The employee shall not be required to work the full four hours if the job the employee was recalled to perform is completed within a shorter period.
(ii) An employee directed to be on standby either at home, place of work or elsewhere, to work prior to or after ordinary hours, or on a Saturday, or on a Sunday or public holiday, shall be paid standby time at the ordinary rate for the period from which the employee is directed to standby and until released by the employer.
(iii) Where such overtime goes beyond midnight or commences between midnight and 2.00am, a minimum of eight hours at the appropriate rate shall be paid.
