AT794071 - Queensland Local Government Officers' Award 1998 [Transitional]
Shift work may be performed under this award subject to the following conditions:
14.1 Definitions - shift work
[14.1.1 substituted by PR953552 ppc 05Oct04]
14.1.1 Shift work shall mean and include work performed by an officer or officers within the span of hours, as defined, for day, afternoon or night shifts as prescribed in 14.1.6, 14.1.7 and 14.1.8 of this clause.
14.1.2 For the purpose of this definition, it shall not be necessary for shift work to be worked by separate relays of officers.
[14.1.3 substituted by PR953552 ppc 05Oct04]
14.1.3 An officer shall not be deemed to be working shift work unless the officer has been notified in accordance with 13 above.
14.1.4 Shift work may be worked for periods not less than one week.
14.1.5 Provided that in any period of shift work, officers may be worked in any combination of day, afternoon or night shifts.
14.1.6 Day shift shall mean any shift starting on or after 6.00am and on or before 10.15am.
14.1.7 Afternoon shift shall mean any shift finishing after 6.00pm and before 8.00pm.
14.1.8 Night shift shall mean any shift finishing on or after 8.00pm or commencing before 6.00am.
14.2 Ordinary working hours
14.2.1 The hours of duty of shift workers shall not exceed 7¼ per day or 36¼ in any one week Monday to Sunday inclusive.
14.2.2 A shift worker shall be granted two consecutive days off duty in every week.
14.2.3 A rostered shift shall not span more than 7¼ hours per day.
[14.2.4 substituted by PR953552 ppc 05Oct04]
14.2.4 Where a shift worker works more than 7¼ hours per day or more than 36¼ hours per week or more than five days in any one week, such worker shall be paid overtime as set out in clause 14.4.
14.3 Rosters
14.3.1 The shift work roster shall provide rotation of shifts unless the respondent and the relevant union agree otherwise. The shift work roster shall be prominently displayed at the place of work in a position where it is readily accessible to all officers concerned with it, at least one week in advance of the date of the duties to which it refers.
14.3.2 Any changes to the roster shall be notified to the officers affected by such changes at least 24 hours in advance of the implementation of the alteration. If 24 hours' notice is not given, the officer concerned shall be paid at double the hourly rate for all time worked until 24 hours has expired from the time the notice was given.
Provided that such penalty shall not apply if the change is made at the request of the officers concerned.
14.4 Overtime
14.4.1 All time worked by shift workers outside or in excess of the ordinary working hours prescribed by clause 14.2 shall be deemed overtime and be paid for at the rate of double the ordinary time rate.
14.4.2 Where a shift worker is recalled to work overtime after completion of a normal rostered shift, such officer shall be provided with a minimum of four hours' work or be paid for four hours at the overtime rate.
14.5 Shift premiums
14.5.1 For each afternoon and night shift worked, an officer shall be paid a shift premium of 15% in addition to the officer's ordinary rate of pay for that day, except where a night shift is worked without rotation for a period in excess of ten consecutive normal working days, whereupon 25% shall be paid in lieu of the 15%.
Provided that these shift premiums shall not be payable in addition to week-end penalty rate payments as hereinafter provided or any penalty payments made in accordance with the provision of 14.3.2.
14.6 Crib breaks
Shift workers shall be allowed a crib break of half an hour during each shift for which no deduction of pay shall be made: Provided that such break shall be taken at a time and in such manner that it will not interrupt any service being provided to the general public.
14.7 Weekend and public holiday penalty rates
14.7.1 All ordinary time worked by shift workers between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday shall be paid for at one and a half times the ordinary time rate. All time worked over 7¼ hours on any shift during that period shall be paid at double the ordinary time rate.
14.7.2 All time worked on any of the public holidays mentioned in clause 16 - Public holidays, of this award shall be paid for at the rate of two and a half times the ordinary time rate: Provided that if a shift worker is required to work overtime on a public holiday, otherwise than continuously with the officer's ordinary rostered shift, such shift worker shall be provided with a minimum of four hours' work or be paid for four hours at two and a half times the ordinary time rate.
14.8 Annual leave loading
An officer normally employed on permanent shift work who proceeds on annual leave shall be paid an annual leave loading in accordance with 23.7 of this award.
Provided that the officer's ordinary rate of pay shall be deemed to include shift premiums payable under 14.5 of this clause where the officer proceeding on leave has received such shift premiums for at least two of the three weeks of shift work immediately preceding the date of commencement of the leave.
14.9 Holiday falling on rostered day off
[14.9 substituted by PR953552 ppc 05Oct04]
Where a statutory holiday falls on an officer’s day off, such officer shall be paid a day’s wages at ordinary rates or be granted a further day’s leave to be taken at a mutually convenient time; and if not taken before the next period of annual leave, it shall be added to that entitlement.
This provision does not apply to Executive Officers.
14.10 Travel arrangements
14.10.1 When an officer is required to work a shift which commences or finishes at a time when the officers’ normal means of private or public transport is not available, the respondent council must reimburse the reasonable cost of a taxi fare, as appropriate from:
14.10.1(a) the officer’s home to the place of employment and/or,
14.10.1(b) from the place of employment to the officer’s home.
14.10.2 Provided the maximum reimbursement for such journeys shall be limited to journeys of no more than 15 kilometres away.
14.10.3 This clause does not apply where the respondent council provides transport in the situation set out in 14.10.1 above free of charge to the officer.
14.10.4 This clause does not apply to executive officers.
