Common use of Availability for Duty Clause in Contracts

Availability for Duty. (a) Where an Employee is on availability duty for between 1-7 days over a 7 day period, the Employee must be paid an availability for duty allowance as set out in Appendix A and if required to work must be paid at the appropriate rate for actual time worked. (b) For the purposes of this clause: (i) Availability duty means that the Employee concerned must be available to the Employer by means of telephone at any time the Employee is receiving the availability for duty allowance. (ii) Actual time worked means the time taken from leaving the Employee’s home to return thereto and in the case of a single call out, the Employee shall be paid for a minimum of two hours at the appropriate rate. (c) Except in the case of unforeseen circumstances arising, an Employee must not be required to work the full two hours if the job they were called out to perform is completed within a shorter period.