AP777903 - Crisis Assistance Supported Housing (Queensland) Award 1999
31.1 Entitlement to payment for overtime
31.1.1 A weekly employee shall be entitled to overtime where the employee works more than 152 hours in any 28 day period or where the employee works more than 10 hours in any one day or where the employee works outside of the spread of ordinary hours on weekends in accordance with clause 27 – Hours of work.
31.1.2 A part-time employee shall be entitled to overtime where they work in excess of their prescribed hours of duty provided that overtime shall not be paid where the employer and employee have agreed to a temporary variation of working hours under the arrangements specified in clause 10 – Full-time employment, in which case overtime shall apply for work in excess of the mutually agreed varied working hours. A part-time employee shall be entitled to overtime if they work in excess of 38 hours in any one week or greater than 10 hours in any one day.
31.1.3 A casual employee shall be entitled to overtime where they work outside the ordinary spread of hours specified in clause 27 – Hours of work, and/or where they work more than 38 hours in any week or where the employee works more than 10 hours in any day.
31.2 Overtime, except in the case of shift workers, shall be paid for at the rate of time and a half for the first three hours and double time thereafter. This provision shall not apply where an employee’s ordinary hours are worked outside the spread of hours as prescribed in clause 27 – Hours of work but is subject to the allowances prescribed in clause 26 – Late work allowance.
31.3 If employees are required to work overtime commencing on Sunday they shall be paid at double time.
31.4 Employees required to work overtime on Saturday or Sunday shall be paid a minimum payment of two hours at such overtime rate:
Provided that such minimum payment shall not apply where the overtime immediately precedes or follows ordinary hours.
31.5 All overtime worked by shift workers shall be paid at the rate of double time.
31.6 In consultation with the employees, each employer shall establish a procedure for approval of overtime.
31.7 Overtime shall only be worked with the prior approval of the employer provided that the above procedure may allow for employees to work overtime without specific prior approval in defined emergency situations.
31.8 Time off in lieu of overtime
31.8.1 Subject to other provisions of this clause, by mutual agreement, time off may be granted in lieu of payment.
31.8.2 Time off in lieu of overtime shall be calculated on a time for time basis. If accumulated time in lieu has not been taken within two pay periods, after notifying the employee, and there is no agreement in accordance with 31.8.4 or 31.8.5 payment shall be at the appropriate overtime rates in the next pay period.
31.8.3 Subject to 31.8.2 time off in lieu accrued shall be taken as soon as practicable after it has accrued.
31.8.4 By mutual agreement an employee may accumulate up to one week’s ordinary hours time in lieu calculated on total computed hours.
31.8.5 By mutual agreement, where an employee has accumulated time in lieu in accordance with 31.8 herein the employee may take the time off in lieu in conjunction with annual leave. In such as the time off in lieu shall not attract annual leave loading.
31.9 When overtime is worked it shall, wherever reasonably practicable, be so arranged that employees have at least 10 consecutive hours off duty between the work of successive shifts.
