Common use of Flexible Working Arrangement Clause in Contracts

Flexible Working Arrangement. (a) The Parties recognise the importance of flexible working arrangements and the right of Employees to make requests under section 65 of the Fair Work Act for flexible working arrangements. An Employee may request a flexible working arrangement if any of the following circumstances apply to the Employee: (i) the Employee is the parent, or has responsibility for the care, of a child who is of school age or younger; (ii) the Employee is a carer (within the meaning of the Carer Recognition Act 2010); (iii) the Employee has a disability; (iv) the Employee is 55 or older; (v) the Employee is experiencing violence from a member of the Employee’s family; (vi) the Employee provides care or support to a member of the Employee’s immediate family, or a member of the Employee’s household, who requires care or support because the member is experiencing violence from the member’s family. An Employee may use the form provided in Appendix L of this Agreement. (b) Note an Employee as described in subclause (a), for example, may request not to work any overtime. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement permits an Employee as described subclause (a) for the life of this Agreement to request to work less than 36 ordinary hours per week and accrue applicable entitlements including contributions for superannuation under clause 21 and contributions to the appropriate Incolink fund for redundancy under clause 23 under this Agreement on a pro rata basis. The Employer and the Employee must agree on the part-time ordinary hours of work, provided that the ordinary hours of work for any part-time Employee will be a maximum of eight (8) hours per day, Monday to Friday. The ordinary hours of work will be as agreed between the Employer and the part-time Employee, provided that such hours must be less than 36 hours per week averaged over a two week period. Any additional hours may be worked from time to time by agreement only. The RDO system prescribed by clause 36 will only apply to a part-time Employee on a pro rata basis. This means 0.8 of an hour for each 8 hours ordinary hours worked will accrue towards an RDO.

Flexible Working Arrangement. (a) The Parties recognise the importance of flexible working arrangements and the right of Employees to make requests under section 65 of the Fair Work Act for flexible working arrangements. An Employee may request a flexible working arrangement if any of the following circumstances apply to the Employee: (i) the Employee is the parent, or has responsibility for the care, of a child who is of school age or younger; (ii) the Employee is a carer (within the meaning of the Carer Recognition Act 2010); (iii) the Employee has a disability; (iv) the Employee is 55 or older; (v) the Employee is experiencing violence from a member of the Employee’s family; (vi) the Employee provides care or support to a member of the Employee’s immediate family, or a member of the Employee’s Agreement 2020-2023 PART 3 - TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT household, who requires care or support because the member is experiencing violence from the member’s family. An Employee may use the form provided in Appendix L of this Agreement. (b) Note an Employee as described in subclause (a), for example, may request not to work any overtime. (c) For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement permits an Employee as described subclause (a) for the life of this Agreement to request to work less than 36 ordinary hours per week and accrue applicable entitlements including contributions for superannuation under clause 21 and contributions to the appropriate Incolink fund for redundancy under clause 23 under this Agreement on a pro rata basis. The Employer and the Employee must agree on the part-time ordinary hours of work, provided that the ordinary hours of work for any part-time Employee will be a maximum of eight (8) hours per day, Monday to Friday. The ordinary hours of work will be as agreed between the Employer and the part-time Employee, provided that such hours must be less than 36 hours per week averaged over a two week period. Any additional hours may be worked from time to time by agreement only. The RDO system prescribed by clause 36 will only apply to a part-time Employee on a pro rata basis. This means 0.8 of an hour for each 8 hours ordinary hours worked will accrue towards an RDO.