Continuous Shift Work. Continuous Shift Work means ordinary hours of work carried on with consecutive shifts of people throughout the 24 hours of each of at least six consecutive days without interruption, except during breakdowns or meal breaks or due to unavoidable causes beyond the control of the Company. Saturday/Sunday/Public Holiday Shifts
Continuous Shift Work. Continuous shift work is when at the completion of a shift, a second shift continues to execute the work.
Continuous Shift Work. 17.1 Continuous shift work means work carried on with consecutive shifts of Employees throughout the 24 hours of each of at least six consecutive days without interruption except for breakdowns or meal breaks or due to unavoidable causes beyond the control of HCA.
17.2 Subject to 17.3 the ordinary hours of continuous shift workers are, at the discretion of HCA, to average 38 hours per week inclusive of meal breaks and must not exceed 152 hours in 28 consecutive days. Continuous shift workers are entitled to a 20 minute meal break on each shift which shall be counted as time worked and paid as such.
17.3 By agreement between HCA and the Employee concerned, a roster system may operate on the basis that the weekly average of 38 ordinary hours is achieved over a period which exceeds 28 consecutive days but does not exceed 12 months.
Continuous Shift Work a) Employees may be required to undertake Continuous Shift Work where the majority of those hours of work are outside of the ordinary hours of work specified in clause 15(b).
b) Ordinary hours for Continuous Shift Employees will average thirty-eight (38) hours per week over a defined work cycle. The day on which the majority of ordinary hours on the shift fall, shall be deemed as the day on which the total shift is worked.
c) Shift hours of work shall not exceed eight (8) hours per day.
d) Shift hours of work shall be at the ordinary hours of work rate plus;
i. For weekday shifts finishing after 6:00pm and at or before midnight - 15% for any hour or part thereof that falls within this period;
ii. For weekday shifts finishing after midnight and at or before 8:00am - 30% for any hour or part thereof that falls within this period;
iii. For Saturdays – 50% for any hour or part thereof that falls on the Saturday;
iv. For Sundays – 100% for any hour or part thereof that falls on the Sunday;
v. For Public Holiday Shifts - 150% for any hour or part thereof that falls on the Public Holiday.
e) An Employee’s weekly hours of work can consist of a mixture of both non-shift work and shift-work. An Employee can be required to work both non-shift work and shift work within a twenty-four (24) hour period provided that the Employee has received a minimum of twenty- four (24) hours’ notice.
f) An Employee shall not be entitled to shift and weekend overtime rates at the same time. The Employee will be entitled to one or the other. All hours worked by a Continuous Shift Workers beyond 8 hours per day shall be classifies as overtime and paid at the overtime rate.
g) On selected projects, where there is a need (due to client requirements or the nature of the project) for variation to hours of work and/or shift work, the Company and any individual Employee may agree to hours and shifts to suit the individual project needs. Any such agreement will replace the above provisions.
Continuous Shift Work. (i) The following mechanism will manage the introduction of continuous shift operation at the Wetherill Park location.
(a) Should the Company wish to introduce continuous shift operations in all or part of its operations it will first seek volunteers, over a period of 5 working days from that part of the business that it intends to introduce continuous shift work. Should the majority of employees in that part of the business agree to the introduction of continuous shift operations then the Company shall have the right to introduce continuous shift operations. Employees will be given a minimum of 10 working days notice prior to commencing continuous shift work.
(b) Should the Company not receive a majority vote to commence continuous shift in step 1. above, the Company will have the option to seek expressions of interest from other suitably skilled and trained employees, from departments outside the area where continuous shift is intended to be implemented. Only employees who can operate in a safe and productive manner will be considered for continuous shift work. Employees will be given a minimum of 10 working days notice prior to commencing continuous shift work.
(c) Should the Company not receive sufficient expressions of interest to effectively deploy enough labour to meet production needs, the Company can relocate labour to ensure continuous shifts can be introduced effectively. No employee shall be forced to work more than two months of continuous shift work in any twelve month period.
(ii) It is understood by the parties that the implementation of continuous shift operations may occur as a result of insufficient employees making themselves available to undertake overtime on weekends and that it is a condition of the employment contract, the award and this agreement, that employees make themselves available to work reasonable overtime.
(iii) The Company commits to giving as much communication and pre-warning as could be reasonably expected to ensure employees have sufficient time to prepare to commence continuous shift work.
(iv) It is understood that in some circumstances an employee may be required to work contrary to their preference. Any disputes arising from this shall be dealt with under dispute settlement procedure in this agreement.
Continuous Shift Work. All employees shall be entitled to 42 hours sick leave after 3 months in the first year of service and 96 hours in the second and subsequent years.
Continuous Shift Work. Ordinary Hours worked on Continuous Shift Work shall be paid at the applicable Annualised Hourly Rate set out in Appendix A. Overtime worked on Continuous Shift Work shall be paid at the applicable Overtime Rates set out in Appendix A. Overtime worked on a Holiday shall be paid at the applicable Overtime Rates set out in Appendix A.
Continuous Shift Work. 4.8.1 Shift work as defined in Workplace Relations Act 1996 does not apply to this Agreement
Continuous Shift Work. (10.1) (a) The ordinary hours of continuous shift employee shall average 38 per week (inclusive of crib time) and shall not exceed 152 hours in 28 consecutive days. Provided that a roster system may operate on the basis that the weekly average of 38 ordinary hours is achieved over a period which exceeds 28 consecutive days.
Continuous Shift Work. The Company reserves the right to enter into discussion with employees concerning the introduction of 12-hour shifts in accordance with Clause 16 HOURS OF DUTY of the Rubber Workers (STATE) Award.
