AN170088 – Retail Trades Award
Rosters shall be established where an employer wishes to employ staff for more than 8 consecutive hours on any one day.
The rosters shall be established on a store by store basis in accordance with this clause.
(a) If a roster is required, the employer shall consult with the employees affected and the relevant unions prior to its establishment.
(b) An employee who agrees to work under a roster established in accordance with this clause, shall be provided with a copy of that roster by the employer prior to the employee commencing work on that roster.
(c) A roster may provide for an increase in the daily, weekly or monthly limit of hours prescribed elsewhere in this award provided that the following criteria are met:
(i) an employee shall not be required to work more than an average 38 hour week.
(ii) an employee shall not be required to work in excess of, two days of up to 12 hours with the remaining days of up to 9 hours, in any one week.
(iii) an employee shall not be required to work in excess of an average of five days per week in any roster cycle and in any event an employee shall not be required to work in excess of six days in any one week.
(iv) a roster shall not provide for a roster cycle in excess of four weeks.
(v) an employee who is entitled to a rostered day off under Clause 20 - Hours of Work, shall not be deprived of receiving such rostered days off by the establishment of rosters under this clause.
