Common use of Call Outs Clause in Contracts

Call Outs. Employees making themselves available for call-outs shall be placed on a “Priority List” which shall rotate weekly. An employee when on “First Call” shall be paid an Availability Allowance of $110 for the week; an employee on “Second Call” or any other person required to be on call during that week, shall be paid an Availability Allowance of $90.00 for that week. An employee called out to work after ordinary hours or on weekends or Public Holidays shall be paid 4 hours at double time for each such call-out. Employees required to be on stand-by to perform on-call work on Public Holidays or Picnic Day shall receive an ordinary days pay for the day. Should the employee be called-out, then a call-out payment as above shall apply in addition to the ordinary days pay, and the employee will be granted an alternative day off on ordinary time pay rates at a date to be mutually agreed by the employee and employer.