Fatigue Leave. It is recognised that fatigue is an important health and safety issue for KiwiRail and the RMTU. Any employee unable to work due to fatigue shall access the requirements and entitlements of the agreed Fatigue Management Enterprise-wide SHE Standard.
Fatigue Leave. 16.4.4.1 An employee who works so much overtime, in accordance with the provisions of clause 15.1, between the termination of their ordinary work on the one day and the commencement of their ordinary work on the next day that they have not had at least 10 consecutive hours off duty between those times, will, subject to clause 15.4.1, be released after completion of such overtime until they have had 10consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during absence. If, on the instructions of the Employer, such an employee resumes or continues work without having had 10 consecutive hours off duty, they will be paid at the rate of double the employee’s ordinary time rate until they are released from duty for such period, and such employee will then be entitled to be absent until they have had 10 consecutive hours off duty, without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
16.4.4.2 The provisions of clause 16.4.4 will apply in the case of those workers who rotate from one rostered period to another as if 8 hours were substituted for 10 hours when overtime is worked:
(i) for the purpose of changing work periods; or
(ii) in any other case agreed upon between the Employer and the employee concerned.
16.4.4.3 The provisions of clause 16.4.4 will only apply to call-back situations (clause 16.
Fatigue Leave. Current clause 48 amended to provide for nine consecutive hours off duty including reasonable travelling time. The current clause provides for eight consecutive hours off duty plus reasonable travelling time. New provisions (see clause 39.32) dealing with fatigue leave where an employee has had two consecutive days rostered off (e.g. weekend). This is an improvement on the current provisions which relate to overtime worked after ordinary duty on one day and before the next scheduled ordinary duty on the following day.
Fatigue Leave. Where an operational worker is unable to take their 10-hour fatigue leave between shifts, they shall be paid overtime until such time that they can take such leave
Fatigue Leave. A Medical Officer who works so much overtime between the termination of their ordinary work on one day and the beginning of their ordinary work on the next day that they have not had at least 8 consecutive hours off duty between those times may, subject to clause 45.3, be released after completion of such overtime until they have had 8 consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
Fatigue Leave. Starting and ceasing times of employees shall be arranged to ensure that the fatigue break prescribed by clause 18.9 of the Queensland Public Service Officers and Other Employees Award – State 2015 is given effect. That is employees, where practicable, shall have a break of at least 10 consecutive hours between the cessation of work on one day and the commencement of work on the next day. In cases where such a break is not practicable, the provisions of the Award shall have application.
Fatigue Leave. (a) Where an Employee works so much overtime between the termination of their ordinary work on one day and the commencement of their ordinary work on the next day that they have not had an uninterrupted 10 hour break shall, subject to this subclause, be released after completion of such overtime until they have had such rest period, without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence. Provided that should the Employee’s rest period as aforesaid end within two hours of their normal ceasing time they shall not be required to report for work on that day.
(b) If, on the instructions of the Employer, the Employee resumes or continues to work without having had such rest period they shall be paid at double time until they are released from duty for such rest period and they shall then be entitled to be absent until they have had the rest period, without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
(c) The provisions of this clause shall also apply in the case of shift workers.
Fatigue Leave. Employees will not be required to recommence work on any day or shift without having had at least an eight (8) consecutive hours off duty since last ceasing work (ie. finishing rostered hours or overtime), unless agreed otherwise in a particular case or circumstance.
Fatigue Leave. This provision shall not apply to snow or weather-related events. If during a non-snow or weather-related event and employee works 16 or more hours within a 24 hour period without one 8 hour break, he/she shall be placed on fatigue status and not have to report for their regularly scheduled shift for a period of 8 hours. Employees shall not be required to report to work and shall be paid administrative leave with pay for any portion of the 8 hours fatigue status period that falls within the scheduled reporting time for their regular shift. Employees shall be required to work the balance if their scheduled shift.
Fatigue Leave. Where an employee is scheduled for an overtime shift of four (4) hours or more, or called to work for an emergency shift(s) of an accumulated four (4) hours or more, and the rest time is less than eight (8) hours before the start of the next shift, the employee will get paid the regular wages for the scheduled hours that fell short of the required eight (8) hour rest period. If the employee is still fatigued after the eight (8) hour interval following the end of the called back/overtime, the employee may take the remainder of the scheduled shift either as banked time or sick time. The employee will request to their immediate Supervisor to take such time. Such request shall not be unreasonably denied.
