For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. (a) For all work done outside ordinary hours the rates of pay shall be time and a half for the first three hours and double time thereafter, such double time to continue until the completion of the overtime work. Provided however that where in any particular workshop, factory or working place at which an employee is engaged, the majority of employees working therein receive the rate of double time before the expiration of three hours worked, such employee shall be paid the overtime rate applying to such majority of employees.
(b) For work done by a shift worker outside the ordinary hours of the worker’s shift, overtime rates shall be paid as prescribed by clause 93.6 of this Agreement.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. An employee recalled to work overtime after leaving the employer’s premises (whether notified before or after leaving the premises), shall be paid for a minimum of four hours work at the appropriate rate for each time the employee is so recalled. Provided that except in the case of unforseen circumstances arising, the employee shall not be required to work the full four hours if the job the employee was recalled to perform is completed within a shorter period. This clause shall not apply in cases where it is customary for an employee to return to the employer’s premises to perform a specific job outside the employees’ ordinary working hours, or where the overtime is continuous (subject to a reasonable meal break) with the completion or commencement of ordinary working time. Overtime worked in the circumstances specified in this clause shall not be regarded as overtime for the purposes of clause 40.8 below, where the actual time worked is less than three hours on such recall or on each such recalls.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. An employee occasionally required to stand-by either at home, the place of work, or elsewhere, to work before or after ordinary hours or on a Saturday which is not an ordinary working day, or on a Sunday or holiday, shall be paid standing-by time at the employee’s ordinary rate of wage for the time from which the employee is told to commence stand-by duty until released.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. If an employee is terminated by the employer through no fault of the employee and is re-engaged by the same employer within a period of six months then the employee's unclaimed balance of personal/carer’s leave shall continue from the date of re-engagement.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. 32.4.1 Where the employment or work involves functions of a mixed character, the minimum wages to be paid to the employee for each day or part of a day while so employed shall be calculated as if the employee performed such only of the said functions as involves the highest rate of wages under this Agreement for the higher classification for the whole of such day.
32.4.2 Engine Drivers whilst in charge of their engines shall only be required to perform such work as may be within the scope of or incidental to engine driving and the generation, use and application of engine power.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. Where an employer closes down a plant, or a section or sections thereof, for the purposes of allowing annual leave to all or the bulk of the employees in the plant, or section or sections concerned, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The employer may, by giving not less than four weeks’ notice of the intention so to do, stand off for the duration of the close down all employees in the plant, or section or sections concerned and allow to those who are not then qualified for a full entitlement to annual leave for twelve months continuous service, pursuant to clause 47.1 hereof, paid leave on a proportionate basis at the appropriate rate of wage as prescribed in clause 47.11 and clause 47.12 for 2.923 hours for each 38 ordinary hours worked. The hourly rate shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule E of this Agreement.
(b) An employee who has then qualified for a full entitlement to annual leave for twelve months continuous service pursuant to this clause, and has also completed a further week or more of continuous service shall be allowed leave, and shall subject to clause 47.14 hereof also be paid at the appropriate rate of wage as prescribed by clause 47.11 and clause 47.13, 2.923 hours for each 38 ordinary hours worked since the close of the employee’s last twelve monthly qualifying period. The hourly rate shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule E of this Agreement.
(c) The next twelve monthly qualifying period for each employee affected by such close down shall commence from the day on which the plant, or section or sections concerned is re-opened for work. Provided that all time during which an employee is stood off without pay for the purposes of this clause shall be deemed to be time of service in the next twelve monthly qualifying period.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. (a) An employee may be engaged by the week to work on a part-time basis for a constant number of hours, which having regard to the various ways of arranging ordinary hours shall average less than 38 hours per week.
(b) An employee so engaged shall be paid per hour 1/38th of the weekly rate prescribed by Schedule E of this Agreement, for the classification in which the employee is engaged.
(c) An employee engaged on a part-time basis shall be entitled to payments in respect of annual leave, public holidays and personal/carers & compassionate leave arising under this Agreement (as they apply to Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees) on a proportionate basis calculated as follows:
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. (a) An Employee working overtime shall be allowed: • a crib time of twenty minutes without deduction of pay after each four hours of overtime worked if the employee continues work after such crib time. Provided that where a day worker on a five- day week is required to work overtime on a Saturday the first prescribed crib time shall, if occurring between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m., be paid at ordinary rates. • unless the period of overtime is less than one and a half hours, an employee before starting overtime after working ordinary hours shall be allowed a meal break of twenty minutes which shall be paid for at ordinary rates. • an employer and employee may agree to any variation of this provision to meet the circumstances of the work in hand provided that the employer shall not be required to make any payment in respect of any time allowed in excess of twenty minutes.
(b) Meal allowance during overtime
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. (a) An employee may be engaged by the week to work on a part-time basis for a constant number of hours, which having regard to the various ways of arranging ordinary hours shall average less than 38 hours per week.
(b) An employee so engaged shall be paid per hour 1/38th of the weekly rate prescribed by Schedule E of this Agreement, for the classification in which the employee is engaged.
(c) An employee engaged on a part-time basis shall be entitled to payments in respect of annual leave, public holidays and personal/carers & compassionate leave arising under this Agreement (as they apply to Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees) on a proportionate basis calculated as follows: • Annual Leave Where the employee completes twelve months’ continuous service with the employee they shall receive four weeks leave at the number of ordinary hours which would otherwise have been worked during the period of leave. An employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave accrues progressively during each year of service in accordance with the NES; Where the employee is entitled to pro-rata leave on termination or at a close down in accordance with this Agreement the employee shall receive 2.923 hours paid at the appropriate rate of wages for each 38 ordinary hours worked. • Public holidays Where the normal paid hours fall on a public holiday and work is not performed by the employee, such employee shall not lose pay for the day. Where the employee works on the holiday, such employee shall be paid in accordance with clause 42 – Weekend and Holiday Work. • Compassionate Leave A part-time Engine and Firemen Industry Employee is entitled to compassionate leave in accordance with clause 49 of this Agreement for days the employee would normally have worked. • Overtime A part-time employee who works in excess of the hours fixed under the employee’s contract of employment shall be paid overtime in accordance with clause 40 – Overtime.
For Engine Drivers and Firemen Industry Employees. 38.5.1 Ordinary hours of work
(a) For an employee not working on shift the ordinary working hours per week and per day respectively shall be of the same number as those worked in the particular workshop, factory or working place at which such employee works by the majority of the employees not work on shift who are engaged therein.
(b) Provided that if the number of hours worked by such majority exceeds 38 per week the ordinary working hours for such employees shall not exceed 38 per week.
