Australia Post Operations Award 1999
AP766599 - Australia Post Operations Award 1999
PART 3 – HOURS OF DUTY
10. HOURS OF DUTY
10.1.1 Except as otherwise provided in this award, the ordinary hours of duty of employees will be 36.75 per week over a cycle of shifts.
10.1.2 The daily hours of ordinary duty will not exceed 7 hours 21 minutes except where work is performed with a reduced number of attendances, in which case the daily hours of ordinary duty will not exceed 8 hours 10 minutes.
The ordinary hours of duty of retail employees will be 36.75 per week Monday to Friday, provided that:
10.2.1 Australia Post will be permitted to roster employees for weekend duty and other than within the limits of 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m.;
10.2.2 no employee will be rostered for ordinary duty on more than five days in any seven day period;
10.2.3 an employee rostered for ordinary duty between 6.30 a.m. and 8.00 a.m. Monday to Friday will receive a penalty of 50% of their ordinary rate for the time worked between those hours;
10.2.4 an employee may, with Australia Post’s agreement, work a reduced number of attendances over a cycle of weeks, provided that the hours of duty over those weeks will average 36.75 hours per week.
[10.3.1 substituted by PR913176 ppc 14Dec01]
10.3.1 Subject to 10.3.2 and 10.3.3, the ordinary hours of duty of Postal Delivery employees will be 36.75 per week to be worked eight hours on Monday, seven hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 7.75 hours on Friday.
10.3.2 Where operational requirements necessitate the working of an eight hour or 7.75 hour day regularly on any day other than Monday or Friday respectively, that day may be substituted for the Monday or Friday specified in 10.3.1.
[10.3.3 inserted by PR913176 ppc 14Dec01]
10.3.3 Where an employee was employed as a Postal Sorting Officer immediately prior to the incorporation of his classification in the Postal Delivery officer classification, and the daily hours of ordinary duty were 7 hours and 21 minutes, such ordinary hours of duty will be retained.
Hours of duty provisions in this award can be varied in accordance with facilitative provisions contained in clause 21 of the Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999 [Print S0871 [A1686]].
