Common use of INTENTION AND PURPOSE Clause in Contracts

INTENTION AND PURPOSE. (a) The purpose and intention of this section of the agreement is to encourage industry employees and employers to discuss and agree working time arrangements which are mutually convenient to themselves and to move away from the fixed working time provisions set out in section 4 hereof. (b) The nature and extent of these alternative working arrangements depend on what is mutually acceptable at individual company level and may include the following types of alternative arrangements: ▪ Annualisation (the calculation of an employee’s hours on an annual basis); ▪ Averaging of the working week; ▪ Working an unpaid additional hour each week during the year in return for an agreed number of additional days’ paid annual leave; ▪ The operation of shifts at ordinary rates over weekends; ▪ Compressed working weeks (employees work up to 12 hours per day without receiving overtime payment in return for a shorter workweek); and ▪ Any other alternative working time arrangement agreed between workers and management.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement

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INTENTION AND PURPOSE. (a) The purpose and intention of this section of the agreement is to encourage industry employees and employers to discuss and agree working time arrangements which are mutually convenient to themselves and to move away from the fixed working time provisions set out in section 4 hereof. (b) The nature and extent of these alternative working arrangements depend on what is mutually acceptable at individual company level and may include the following types of alternative arrangements: ▪ Annualisation (the calculation of an employee’s employee‘s hours on an annual basis); ▪ Averaging of the working week; ▪ Working an unpaid additional hour each week during the year in return for an agreed number of additional dayspaid annual leave; ▪ The operation of shifts at ordinary rates over weekends; ▪ Compressed working weeks (employees work up to 12 hours per day without receiving overtime payment in return for a shorter workweek); and ▪ Any any other alternative working time arrangement agreed between workers and management.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement

INTENTION AND PURPOSE. (a) The purpose and intention of this section of the agreement is to encourage industry employees and employers to discuss and agree working time arrangements which are mutually convenient to themselves and to move away from the fixed working time provisions set out in section 4 hereof. (b) The nature and extent of these alternative working arrangements depend on what is mutually acceptable at individual company level and may include the following types of alternative arrangements: Annualisation (the calculation of an employee’s employee‘s hours on an annual basis); Averaging of the working week; Working an unpaid additional hour each week during the year in return for an agreed number of additional dayspaid annual leave; The operation of shifts at ordinary rates over weekends; Compressed working weeks (employees work up to 12 hours per day without receiving overtime payment in return for a shorter workweek); and Any other alternative working time arrangement agreed between workers and management.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement

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INTENTION AND PURPOSE. (a) The purpose and intention of this section of the agreement is to encourage industry employees and employers to discuss and agree working time arrangements which are mutually convenient to themselves and to move away from the fixed working time provisions set out in section 4 hereof. (b) The nature and extent of these alternative working arrangements depend on what is mutually acceptable at individual company level and may include the following types of alternative arrangements: - Annualisation (the calculation of an employee’s hours on an annual basis); - Averaging of the working week; - Working an unpaid additional hour each week during the year in return for an agreed number of additional days’ paid annual leave; - The operation of shifts at ordinary rates over weekends; - Compressed working weeks (employees work up to 12 hours per day without receiving overtime payment in return for a shorter workweek); and ▪ Any - any other alternative working time arrangement agreed between workers and management.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Consolidated Main Agreement

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