AP839843 - Health Services Union of Australia (NSW/ACT Private Medical Imaging) Award 2004
7.1 Hours of work will be rostered to establish nominal starting and finishing times for employees. The ordinary working hours, exclusive of meal times, will not exceed an average of 152 hours per four week period.
7.2 Consultation is to occur on the method of implementation of the ordinary working hours. However, the final choice as to the method of implementation rests with the employer. Circumstances may arise where different methods of implementation of the ordinary working hours may apply to individual employees or various groups or sections of employees in the establishment.
7.3 Ordinary hours for full-time or part-time employees will be between 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and between 8.00 a.m. and l.00 p.m. on Saturday. Ordinary hours worked by full-time or part-time employees between 8.00 a.m. and l.00 p.m. on Saturdays will be paid at the rate of time and a half. Hours worked by full-time and part-time employees outside these times attract overtime rates in accordance with clause 8 - Overtime.
7.4 Where a work location of a practice services patients on a seven day a week basis the ordinary hours of full-time and part-time employees at that work location will be between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on such days; where such work is undertaken on a Saturday it will be paid at the rate of time and a quarter; on Sunday it will be paid at the rate of time and a half. Hours worked by full-time and part-time employees at such locations before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any day will attract overtime rates in accordance with clause 8 - Overtime.
7.5 An unpaid break of not less than 30 minutes and not more than one hour will be allowed for a meal within five hours of commencement. This provision may be varied by agreement between the employer and an individual employee.
7.6 Where work is required urgently the unpaid meal break may be deferred, and must be taken as soon as practicable.
7.7 Up to two paid tea breaks of up to 10 minutes duration may be allowed each day for full-time employees. The time of taking such break(s) is subject to the workload of the practice.
