Hours of Work - Resident Medical Officers Clause Samples

Hours of Work - Resident Medical Officers. 4.1.1 The ordinary hours of work of resident medical officers (RMO) are 76 hours a fortnight (pay period). The ordinary hours of work may be performed on one of the following bases, most suitable to the particular work location, after consultation with, and giving reasonable consideration to the wishes of the employee concerned: a) By officers working 7.6 continuous ordinary hours (excluding the meal break) each day; b) By officers working less than 7.6 continuous ordinary hours (excluding the meal break) each day on one or more days each work cycle; or c) By officers working more than 7.6 continuous ordinary hours (excluding the meal break) and rostering employees off on various days of the week during a particular work cycle, so that each employee has one work day off during the cycle. 4.1.2 The employer and employees concerned may agree that the ordinary hours of work are to exceed 7.6 ordinary hours on any one day up to a maximum of 12 and half hours, inclusive of a meal break thus enabling standard ordinary hours of duty to be completed in fewer days within the work cycle. All ordinary time worked in excess of 10 hours in any one shift will be paid at the applicable overtime rates for that day. 4.1.3 The outcome of such consultation must be recorded in writing. 4.1.4 Despite the consultative procedures outlined above, and despite lack of agreement by employees, the employer will have the right to make the final determination as to the method outlined in Clause 4.1.1, by which the 76 hour fortnight is implemented or worked from time to time. 4.1.5 The method of working the 76 hour fortnight may be altered, from time to time, upon giving 14 days’ notice or such shorter period as may be mutually agreed upon following negotiations between the employer and employees concerned, utilising the forgoing provisions of this clause, including Clause 4.1.4. 4.1.6 Different methods of working the 76 hour fortnight week may apply to individual employees, groups or sections of employees in each location or speciality concerned. 4.1.7 Notwithstanding any other provision in this clause, where the arrangement of ordinary hours of work provides for an Accrued Day Off, the employer and the majority of employees concerned may agree to bank up to a maximum of 6 accrued days off. Where agreement has been reached, such accrued days off must be taken within 12 calendar months of the date on which the first rostered day off was accrued. The decision to bank accrued days off wil...