AP806214CRV - Home and Community Care Award 2001
5.1 Act means the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
5.2 AIRC means the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
5.3 Award means the Home and Community Care Award 2001.
5.4 Casual employee shall mean an employee who is engaged in relieving work or work of a casual nature and who is engaged and paid by the hour, but does not include an employee who could properly be classified as a full-time or part-time employee.
5.5 Company means Glad Pty. Ltd.
5.6 Employee means an employee of Glad Pty. Ltd.
5.7 Home care worker means a person employed to perform tasks involving the provision of domestic assistance. Work in this category would involve undertaking a range of domestic assistance and support functions including the following:
cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, washing and ironing, sweeping paths, minor maintenance jobs, preparation and cooking of meals, defrosting refrigerators, emptying and cleaning of commodes, banking and account paying (without client), shopping ( without client) organising appointments, assistance with care of pets and care of indoor and outdoor pot plants and other tasks of a domestic nature.
5.8 Personal care worker means a person employed to perform tasks involving the provision of personal care and personal support functions. Work in this category would involve undertaking a range of personal care and personal support functions including the following:
showering, bathing, lifting, exercise, dressing, grooming, toileting, transfers and mobilisation, eating and drinking, dressing and undressing, changing of clothing, cleaning of aids and appliances, fitting and removal of aids and appliances, preparation of special diets, monitoring of medications, accompanying clients to appointments or outings or shopping, fitting and changing of external catheters, assistance with communication and other personal care functions. Personal care includes the provision of an element of home care as defined in 5.7. Respite care will be defined as personal care.
5.9 Overnight care means a person employed to be available for duty in a client’s home for an eight or ten hour period. During this period, the employee is required to provide a total of no more than three hours of care.
5.10 24 hour care means a person employed to be available for duty in a client’s home for a 24 hour period. During this period the employee is required to provide the client with the care services specified in the care plan. During this period, the employee is required to provide a total of no more than ten hours of care.
5.11 Ordinary rate means the weekly rate of wage or salary an employee receives.
5.12 Permanent part-time employee means an employee who is employed on a permanent basis but owing to the requirements of the job on which such person is employed the hours of duty are less than 38 hours per week.
5.13 Union means The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union.
