Live-in Home Carer. (a) A 24-hour care shift requires an Employee to be available for duty in a client’s home for a 24-hour period. During this period, the Employee is required to provide the client with the services specified in the care plan. The Employee is required to provide a total of no more than 8 hours of care during this period. (b) An Employer may only require an Employee to work a 24-hour care shift by agreement. (c) The Employee will be afforded the opportunity to sleep for a continuous period of 8 hours during a 24-hour care shift and Employees will be provided with a separate room with a bed and clean linen, the use of appropriate facilities (including access to food preparation facilities and staff facilities where these exist) and free board and lodging for each night when the Employee sleeps over. (d) The Employee will be paid 8 hours’ work at 155% of their appropriate rate for each 24-hour period.
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Samples: Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Agreement
