AT817064 - Residential Aged Care (Hostels) Award 2002 [Transitional]
7.1 The ordinary hours of work of a full-time employee are an average of 38 per week and shall be worked in one of the following ways:
7.1.1 38 hours in each week;
7.1.2 four days of 9-1/2 hours in each week;
7.1.3 four days of eight hours and one of six hours in each week;
7.1.4 76 hours in each fortnight;
7.1.5 152 hours in each four week period; or
7.1.6 nineteen days of eight hours in each four week period.
7.2 The arrangement for working the average of 38 hours per week is to be agreed between the employer and the employee from the alternatives in 7.1.
7.3 The agreed hours of work arrangement must meet the following conditions:
7.3.1 Ordinary hours of work shall not exceed ten per day.
7.3.2 The minimum shift length is three consecutive hours except where the shift is worked at either end of and in conjunction with an on-call shift in accordance with clause 20 - Call allowance, in which case the minimum shall be two consecutive hours.
7.3.3 Split shifts may be worked by agreement between the employer and employee. No part of the split shift shall be less than two hours in duration except where the shift occurs at either end of an on-call shift in accordance with clause 20 - Call allowance.
7.3.4 Days off duty shall, where practicable, be taken in blocks of two or more days.
7.3.5 No employee shall work more than ten ordinary shifts in each fortnight or twenty ordinary shifts in each four week period (depending on whether ordinary hours are averaged over a two or four week period).
7.3.6 No employee shall be rostered to work more than ten consecutive days.
7.3.7 No employee shall be rostered for duty until at least eight hours have elapsed from when the previous rostered shift ended.
