AP798297 - South Australian Government Departments and Instrumentalities (Metal Trades) Award 1999

26. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SHIFTWORKERS

26.1 Definitions

For the purposes of this award:

• Rostered shift means any shift of which the employee concerned has had at least 48 hours notice.
• Afternoon shift means any shift finishing after 6.00 p.m. and at or before midnight.
• Night shift means any shift finishing subsequent to midnight and at or before 8.00 a.m.

By agreement between the employer and the majority of employees concerned or in appropriate cases an individual employee, the span of hours over which shifts may be worked may be altered by up to one hour at either end of the span.

26.2 Afternoon and night shift allowances

26.2.1 An employee whilst on afternoon or night shift will be paid for such shift fifteen percent more than his or her ordinary rate.

26.2.2 An employee who works on an afternoon or night shift which does not continue for at least five successive afternoons or nights or for at least the number of ordinary hours allowed by the alternative arrangements in 25.2 or 25.3, will be paid for each such shift 50 percent for the first three hours thereof and 100 percent for the remaining hours thereof in addition to the employee’s ordinary rate.

26.2.3 An employee who:

• during a period of engagement on shift, works night shift only; or
• remains on night shift for a longer period than four consecutive weeks; or
• works on a night shift which does not rotate or alternate with another shift or with day work so as to give the employee at least one-third of their working time off night shift in each shift cycle;

will, during such engagement, period or cycle, be paid 30 percent more than the employee’s ordinary rate for all time worked during ordinary working hours on such night shift.

26.3 Rate for working on Saturday shifts

26.3.1 The minimum rate to be paid to a shift worker for work performed between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday will be time and one-half. This extra rate is in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift premiums prescribed in 26.2.

26.3.2 Where shifts fall partly on a Saturday, that shift the major portion of which falls on a Saturday will be regarded as the Saturday shift.

26.4 Rate for working on Sunday and public holiday shifts

26.4.1 The rate at which continuous shift workers are to be paid for work on a rostered shift the major portion of which is performed on a Sunday or public holiday, is double time.

26.4.2 The rate at which shift workers on other than continuous work are to be paid for all time worked on a Sunday or public holiday is as follows:

• Sundays - at the rate of double time
• public holidays - at the rate of double time and one-half.

26.4.3 Where shifts commence between 11.00 p.m. and midnight on a Sunday or public holiday, the time so worked before midnight does not entitle the employee to the Sunday or public holiday rate for the shift. However, the time worked by an employee on a shift commencing before midnight on the day preceding a Sunday or public holiday and extending into the Sunday or public holiday will be regarded as time worked on the Sunday or public holiday.

26.4.4 Where shifts fall partly on a holiday, the shift which has the major portion falling on the public holiday will be regarded as the holiday shift.

26.4.5 By agreement between the employer and the majority of employees concerned, the shift which has the minor portion falling on the public holiday may be regarded as the holiday shift in lieu of the above.

26.4.6 The extra rates in this subclause are in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift premiums prescribed in 26.2.