AP830035 - Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association - Domino’s Pizza Australia Consent Award 2003

13. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

13.1 An employer may employ part-time employees in any classification in this award.

13.2 A part-time employee is an employee who:

13.2.1 works less than full-time hours of 38 per week; and

13.2.2 has reasonably predictable hours of work.

13.3 At the time of first being employed, the employer and the part-time employee will agree, in writing, on a regular pattern of work, specifying at least:

• the hours worked each day;
• which days of the week the employee will work;
• the actual starting and finishing times of each day;
• variation must be in writing;
• all time worked in excess of agreed hours is paid at the overtime rate; and
• the times of taking and the duration of meal breaks.

13.4 Any agreement to vary the regular pattern of work must be made in writing before the variation occurs.

13.5 The agreement and variation to it must be retained by the employer and a copy given by the employer to the employee.

13.6 An employer is required to roster a part-time employee for a minimum of three consecutive hours on any shift.

13.7 An employee who does not meet the definition of a part-time employee and who is not a full-time employee will be paid as a casual employee in accordance with clause 14. casual employees.

13.8 A part time employee employed under the provisions of this clause must be paid for ordinary hours worked at the rate of 1/38th of the weekly rate prescribed for the class of work performed.

13.9 All time worked by a part-time employee beyond agreed hours, ten ordinary hours per day, 30 ordinary hours per week or five days per week or at times other than those which the employee is rostered to work shall be overtime and paid for at the appropriate overtime rate prescribed in clause 25 - Overtime.

13.10 A part-time employee shall be eligible for pro rata annual leave and sick leave in accordance with clauses 29 - Annual leave and 33 - Long service leave in addition to being eligible for bereavement leave and payment in lieu of public holidays. In calculating the pro rata entitlements of a part-time employee pursuant to this subclause, all ordinary hours worked by the employee, including any additional ordinary hours agreed pursuant to 13.2, shall be included in the calculation.