AP811245 - Timber Industry – CFMEU Wood Panels – Award 2000
The employer may deduct payment for any full day an employee cannot be usefully employed because of any strike or because of any breakdown of machinery or because of any other stoppage of work for any reasonable cause subject to the following provisions:
16.1 The onus of proving reasonableness of the causes shall be on the employer.
16.2 Where a stand down continues beyond one week, the employee may terminate the employment without notice or forfeiture of a week’s wages.
16.3 The employer advises the union office of the commencement time and possible duration of the stand down.
