AP816089 - Medical Officers (Aboriginal Medical Services) Interim Award 2001
PART 5 - HOURS OF WORK, BREAKS, OVERTIME, SHIFTWORK
15. HOURS OF WORK
The ordinary hours of work for a full-time employee shall not exceed 152 hours in any four week cycle.
Normal hours of duty shall be rostered between the span of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday provided that the span of hours may be varied by agreement between the employer and the employee, but not for a span of hours outside of the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.
15.3.1 No employee will be required to work in excess of five hours without a meal break of a minimum of one half hour.
15.3.2 No employee shall work more than sixteen hours in a continuous shift (including breaks).
15.3.3 Where an employee is required to work for ten hours or more up to a maximum of sixteen hours in a continuous shift, the employee will not be required to return to work for a minimum of a further ten hours without deduction of pay.
15.4.1 Where an employer authorises an employee to work beyond the normal hours of duty, the Medical Officer shall be paid at the rate of time and one half for the first two hours of duty and double time thereafter, provided that all time worked on a Sunday and on any day between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. shall be paid at double time.
15.4.2 Where overtime is not continuous with normal hours of duty a minimum payment of three hours at the appropriate overtime rate shall apply.
15.4.3 By agreement between the employer and employee, overtime can be taken as time off in lieu at the overtime rate converted to hours.
15.5 Conversion of overtime allowance
By agreement between the parties the Overtime allowance contained in this award, where not taken as time off in lieu, may be applied as an annualised amount expressed as a dollar figure or as a percentage of the employee’s annual salary in addition to that salary. In this case, the dollar figure or the percentage is to be reviewed annually in the context of the actual incidence of on-call, recall and overtime.
