Common use of Minimum Breaks Between Spells of Duty Clause in Contracts

Minimum Breaks Between Spells of Duty. 7.5.1 A break of at least nine consecutive hours will be provided immediately after the finish of the last call out pertaining to the call back duty. 7.5.2 Periods of a full shift or more include: (i) Periods of normal rostered work; or (ii) Periods of overtime that are continuous with a period of normal rostered work; or (iii) Full shifts of overtime/call-back duty. 7.5.3 This requirement to provide a break wherever possible applies whether or not any additional payment will apply under the provisions of this clause. 7.5.4 If a break as required under clause 7.5.1 above cannot be provided between periods of qualifying duty, the duty is to be regarded as continuous until a break of at least nine continuous hours is taken and it shall be paid at overtime rates, with proper regard to the time at which it occurs and the amount of overtime which precedes it. 7.5.5 The additional payment provisions of this clause will not apply in any case where the result would be to given an employee a lesser payment than would otherwise have been received. 7.5.6 Time spent off duty during ordinary hours solely to obtain a nine-hour break shall be paid at ordinary time rates. Any absence after the ninth continuous hour of such a break, if it occurs in ordinary time, shall be treated as a normal absence from duty. .

Minimum Breaks Between Spells of Duty. 7.5.1 6.5.1 A break of at least nine consecutive continuous hours will must be provided immediately after the finish wherever possible between any two periods of the last call out pertaining to the call back dutyduty of a full shift or more. 7.5.2 6.5.2 Periods of a full shift or more include: (i) Periods of normal rostered work; or (ii) Periods of overtime that are continuous with a period of normal rostered work; or (iii) Full shifts of overtime/call-back duty. 7.5.3 6.5.3 This requirement to provide a break wherever possible applies whether or not any additional payment will apply under the provisions of this clause. 7.5.4 6.5.4 If a break as required under clause 7.5.1 above of at least nine continuous hours cannot be provided between periods of qualifying duty, the duty is to be regarded as continuous until a break of at least nine continuous hours is taken and it shall be paid at overtime rates, with proper regard to the time at which it occurs and the amount of overtime which precedes it. 7.5.5 6.5.5 The additional payment provisions of this clause will not apply in any case where the result would be to given give an employee a lesser payment than would otherwise have been received. 7.5.6 6.5.6 Time spent off duty during ordinary hours solely to obtain a nine-hour break shall be paid at ordinary time rates. Any absence after the ninth continuous hour of such a break, if it occurs in ordinary time, shall be treated as a normal absence from duty. .

Minimum Breaks Between Spells of Duty. 7.5.1 6.5.1 A break of at least nine consecutive continuous hours will must be provided immediately after the finish wherever possible between any two periods of the last call out pertaining to the call back dutyduty of a full shift or more. 7.5.2 6.5.2 Periods of a full shift or more include: (i) Periods of normal rostered work; or (ii) Periods of overtime that are continuous with a period of normal rostered work; or (iii) Full shifts of overtime/call-back call‐back duty. 7.5.3 6.5.3 This requirement to provide a break wherever possible applies whether or not any additional payment will apply under the provisions of this clause. 7.5.4 6.5.4 If a break as required under clause 7.5.1 above of at least nine continuous hours cannot be provided between periods of qualifying duty, the duty is to be regarded as continuous until a break of at least nine continuous hours is taken and it shall be paid at overtime rates, with proper regard to the time at which it occurs and the amount of overtime which precedes it. 7.5.5 6.5.5 The additional payment provisions of this clause will not apply in any case where the result would be to given give an employee a lesser payment than would otherwise have been received. 7.5.6 6.5.6 Time spent off duty during ordinary hours solely to obtain a nine-hour nine‐hour break shall be paid at ordinary time rates. Any absence after the ninth continuous hour of such a break, if it occurs in ordinary time, shall be treated as a normal absence from duty. .

Minimum Breaks Between Spells of Duty. 7.5.1 A break of at least nine consecutive hours will be provided immediately after the finish of the last call out pertaining to the call back duty. 7.5.2 Periods of a full shift or more include: (i) Periods of normal rostered work; or (ii) Periods of overtime that are continuous with a period of normal rostered work; or (iii) Full shifts of overtime/call-back duty. 7.5.3 This requirement to provide a break wherever possible applies whether or not any additional payment will apply under the provisions of this clause. 7.5.4 If a break as required under clause 7.5.1 above cannot be provided between periods of qualifying duty, the duty is to be regarded as continuous until a break of at least nine continuous hours is taken and it shall be paid at overtime rates, with proper regard to the time at which it occurs and the amount of overtime which precedes it. 7.5.5 The additional payment provisions of this clause will not apply in any case where the result would be to given an employee a lesser payment than would otherwise have been received. 7.5.6 Time spent off duty during ordinary hours solely to obtain a nine-hour break shall be paid at ordinary time rates. Any absence after the ninth continuous hour of such a break, if it occurs in ordinary time, shall be treated as a normal absence from duty. . 7.5.7 Authorised absences, either with or without pay, are as provided for in this agreement and shall be counted as actual hours worked for the purposes of calculated overtime.