AP839983 - Airline Operations - Licensed Aircraft Engineers - Qantas Airways Limited - Award 2005
22.1 Payment for working overtime
22.1.1 Day work
All time worked outside ordinary hours must be paid for at the rate of time and a half for the first two hours and double time after that.
22.1.2 Shift work
All time worked outside ordinary hours must be paid for at the rate of double time.
22.1.3 Except as provided for in 22.2, in computing overtime, each day’s work stands alone.
22.2 Rest periods after overtime
22.2.1 An employee who works so much overtime between the termination of his or her ordinary work on one day and the commencement of his or her ordinary work on the next day that he or she has not had at least ten consecutive hours off duty between those times shall, subject to this subclause, be released after completion of such overtime until he or she has had ten consecutive hours off duty without deduction of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
22.2.2 If on the instructions of the employer such an employee resumes or continues work without having ten consecutive hours off duty, he or she shall be paid at double rates until he or she is released from duty for such period and he or she then shall be entitled to be absent until he or she has had ten consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
22.3 Meal breaks - overtime
22.3.1 If an employee works during his or her meal break, he or she must be paid at the appropriate overtime rate until the meal break is allowed.
22.3.2 If an employee is required for overtime duty for more than one hour before the normal starting time or after the usual finishing time, the employee must be:
22.3.2(a) given a meal break of 20 minutes, paid at the appropriate overtime rate of pay; and
[22.3.2(b) substituted by PR974380 from 05May05; varied by PR975301 ppc 01Dec06]
22.3.2(b) paid a meal allowance of $7.93 or supplied with a suitable meal by the Company.
22.3.3 The time allowed for the meal break must not be used in the calculation of overtime hours.
22.3.4 The meal break may be deferred for up to five hours.
22.3.5 If an employee is required to work a further four hours overtime, the employee must be:
22.3.5(a) allowed a meal break of 30 minutes at the completion of each four hour period, paid at the appropriate overtime rate; and
[22.3.5(b) substituted by PR974380 from 05May05]
22.3.5(b) paid an allowance of $7.93 for the second and each subsequent meal or supplied with a suitable meal by the Company.
[22.3.6 substituted by PR974380 from 05May05]
22.3.6 If an employee:
22.3.6(a) works on a call-in or a rostered day off; and
22.3.6(b) works for four hours,
the employee must be paid $7.93 meal money or supplied with a suitable meal by the Company.
22.4 Recall to duty
22.4.1 If an employee is recalled to work overtime, which is not joined to the finish or start of a rostered shift, the employee must be paid a minimum of four hours at the appropriate rate for each recall.
22.4.2 However, if the Company provides transport for the employee, the employee must be paid for a minimum of three and a half hours.
22.5 Stand-by
22.5.1 If an employee is required by the Company to be on stand-by for work after ordinary hours, the employee must be paid standing-by time at ordinary rates from the time the employee is told he or she is on stand-by until released.
22.5.2 This clause does not apply to employees customarily and regularly required to be on stand-by, where existing arrangements will continue to apply.
22.6 Transport
22.6.1 If an employee finishes work at a time when the employee’s usual or reasonable means of transport is not available, the Company must, at its expense:
22.6.1(a) provide the employee with transport; or
22.6.1(b) pay the employee his or her current salary for the time taken to travel home.
22.6.2 If this clause applies to an employee, the transport allowance payable under 19.6 will not be paid.
