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AT807604 - Print Centre (Canberra Times) Award 2000 [Transitional]

15. HOURS OF WORK

15.1 The ordinary hours of work shall, except as provided for in subclause 15.8 of this clause:

15.1.1. be worked so as to average 38 per week over each roster cycle which shall consist of a period of four consecutive weeks being 28 consecutive days of which 20 days shall be working days with rostering arrangements not to exceed ten (10) consecutive shifts in any roster arrangement; and

15.1.2 be worked on any day of the week.

15.2 Commencing and finishing times shall be determined by the company to suit its production requirements and the parties acknowledge the right of the company to change these from time to time, provided that it complies with subclause 15.7 of this clause.

15.3 Where there is no publication on Canberra Day, the union picnic day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day substituted for any of these days, those days or preceding nights shall not be regarded as a day or night off in respect of the working week.

15.4 The ordinary hours of a shift (including supper time on a morning paper) shall not exceed nine hours on any shift without incurring overtime provided that the average of a 38-hour week is maintained over the period of the roster cycle.

15.5 A roster of working hours shall be displayed in each work room.

15.6 Employees in the Lithographic Platemaking Departments shall be allowed 10 minutes at the finish of each shift for dressing time which will count as time worked. If such allowance involves overtime, it shall be paid for at ordinary rates.

15.7 Except in the case of an agreement made pursuant to subclause 15.8 of this clause, no employee shall have their shift changed permanently without seven days' notice.

15.8 Rostering arrangements different from those prescribed in the foregoing paragraphs may be agreed to between the parties to this Award where the purpose is to provide for the weekly average ordinary hours of work of 38 to be achieved over a period which exceeds 28 consecutive days.

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