Common use of Hours of work - shift work Clause in Contracts

Hours of work - shift work. It will be necessary to work shift work on the Project. The shift work will be a two shift operation of day work and night shift. A night shift will mean a shift that continues for at least 5 nights, where the majority of ordinary hours are worked between 6.00pm and 6.00am. Shift work requires at least 5 consecutive shifts to be worked, otherwise the overtime or short term night work provisions will apply. The requirement to work shift work will only occur after reasonable consultation with directly affected employees. A loading of 15% shall apply to ordinary hours on night shift. In the circumstances where an employee is engaged on night work for a period of more than 4 continuous weeks in any roster cycle the loading will be 30%. The weekend penalty rates will apply to shift work on weekends.