AP781451CRV - Federal Meat Industry (Processing) Award 2000
Subject to Clause 7:
25.1 Shifts may be worked on any work covered by this award.
25.2 Transfer of an employee from day work to shift work, or from shift work to day work, will be by agreement between the employer and the employee.
25.3 Shifts may be worked on a one-shift, two-shift or three-shift system.
25.4 For the purposes of this clause:
25.4.1 Afternoon shift means any shift commencing at 2.00 p.m. or after and finishing at or before midnight.
25.4.2 Night shift means any shift finishing subsequent to midnight and at or before 9.00 a.m.
25.4.3 Fixed night shift means a night shift on which an employee is not allowed to rotate so as to give the employee at least one week in each three consecutive weeks on some other shift or shifts.
25.4.4 Day shift in a three-shift system means any shift finishing at or after 2.00 p.m. and at or before 4.00 p.m.
25.5 Shift allowances
25.5.1 An employee on afternoon shift will be paid the ordinary hourly rate for the classification in which the employee is employed under this award, plus 15% thereof.
25.5.2 An employee on night shift will be paid the ordinary hourly rate for the classification in which the employee is employed under this award, plus 25% thereof.
25.5.3 An employee on a fixed night shift will be paid the ordinary hourly rate for the classification in which the employee is employed under this award, plus 30% thereof.
25.5.4 A casual employee employed in shift work will receive the appropriate percentage loading (shift allowance) prescribed in this clause and an additional 20% casual loading (as prescribed by 8.9.3) of the appropriate award rate.
25.6 A shift worker except when engaged on a three-shift system, may either be allowed:
25.6.1 a meal interval of no less than 30 minutes per shift, or
25.6.2 a crib time of 30 minutes after working five hours, which will be counted as time worked and to be taken at a time agreed between the employer and a majority of employees directly concerned.
25.7 Unless otherwise agreed, an individual employee who is required to alter their starting time to enable the management to make provision for replacement will be given at least 24 hours notice of the change.
25.8 Employees engaged on a three-shift system will rotate between shifts unless otherwise agreed between the employer and employees directly concerned.
