AP792378CRV - Pastoral Industry Award 1998

36. HOURS OF WORK, OVERTIME AND SUNDAY WORK

[39 corrected by Q6829 from 29Jun98; varied by S4074 ppc 27Mar2000; renumbered as 36 by PR900617 from 12Dec00]

36.1 Station hands (other than station cooks)

36.1.1 The ordinary hours of work of station hands (other than station cooks) shall not exceed 152 hours in any consecutive period of 4 weeks.

36.1.2 All time worked by an employee in excess of the ordinary hours above shall be deemed to be overtime.

36.1.3 Overtime shall be adjusted as follows:

The employee shall be allowed time off duty, with pay, for a period equal to the overtime worked; or

in lieu of taking time off duty, the employee may elect to be paid for the overtime worked; or

the rate of pay for overtime shall be time and a half, provided that double time shall be paid for all work performed on Sunday except in the case of feeding or watering the stock when such work shall be paid for at the rate of time and a half.

36.2 Station cooks

36.2.1 There shall be no limitation of hours of work for station cooks but such employees shall receive one and a half days off each week.

36.2.2 A cook who is required to work for more than 5-1/2 days in any one week shall be paid, in addition to the weekly wage of this award, the following overtime rates.

36.2.3 For work on six full days - an amount of 3/22nds of the appropriate weekly rate.

36.2.4 For work on six full days and one half day (6-1/2) - an amount equal to 3/11ths of the appropriate weekly rate.

36.2.5 For work on seven full days - an amount equal to 9/22nds of the appropriate weekly rate.

36.3 No overtime shall be worked nor shall an employee perform work on the employee's day and/or half day off without the permission of or under the instructions of the employer or his authorised representative.

36.4 No employee shall be entitled to payment for overtime, or equivalent time off in lieu thereof, unless the employee makes a claim therefore to the employer or his authorised representative either within two weeks after the overtime is alleged to have been performed or by the next date of payment of the employee's wages, whichever is the later.

36.5 For the purpose of computing payment for overtime work for an employee engaged on "with keep" terms, the cash value of such employee's wages shall be deemed to be not less than the wage prescribed in this award for a similar class of employee with the value of “keep” added.