Common use of MEASURES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY Clause in Contracts

MEASURES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY. The parties agree through consultation to implement the following: 12.1 Rostered Days Off To allow greater flexibility in the taking of rostered days off and facilitate the most efficient use of labour. (i) Subject to consultation and agreement, employees may be requested to defer their rostered days off; (ii) Rostered Days Off may be banked to a maximum of five days, after consultation and agreement between the Employer and Employee. The Union will be informed of this; (iii) Subject to the Company agreeing, rostered days off may be banked to be taken with the next or subsequent RDOs, or taken on a day as agreed with the Company. Nothing in this clause entitles the Company to direct a worker to take a single RDO on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; (iv) Banked rostered days off must be taken within 12 months of banking; (v) The taking of RDOs may be split with a proportion of the employees taking their RDO on a Monday and a proportion on a Friday in any week; (vi) Such work will be paid for at ordinary time rates of pay; (vii) The 38-hour RDO dates will apply as issued in the CFMEU publication setting out the full details.