Nine Day Fortnight. 8.1.5.1 Technical Staff, Assistant Instructors and Faculty Employees who have no assigned student contact hours may, with the agreement of the Union and the Manager, arrange their hours so as to result in a nine-day fortnight.
8.1.5.2 When establishing the hours of work, the Employees concerned and the Manager shall be guided by the following:
8.1.5.2.1 Service shall not be diminished or diluted;
8.1.5.2.2 A three (3) month trial period shall be implemented;
8.1.5.2.3 If either party, at the end of the three (3) month trial period, deems that the nine-day fortnight has diminished or diluted service, then the nine-day fortnight shall be abandoned. Hours of work will then be as before the trial period.
8.1.5.2.4 Any nine-day fortnight system which has passed the trial period above shall be subject to reassessment once each academic year thereafter. Continuance of the system is contingent upon service being maintained at appropriate levels.
Nine Day Fortnight. 12.2.1 Application of the nine day fortnight system must not produce any additional cost, (i.e. overtime, additional staffing requirements or fringe benefit costs) or noticeable reduction in service from the level of service rendered as at the commencement of the term of this Agreement.
12.2.2 Employees will work 7-3/4 hours each regularly scheduled work day in every 2 week period.
12.2.3 A year is defined as a calendar year and divided into 26 fortnight periods.
12.2.4 Employees are entitled to a maximum of 24 fortnight days off in each year. There will be 2 biweekly periods each year in which no fortnight days off will be scheduled.
12.2.5 Employees on the fortnight system for less than 26 biweekly periods in a year will have their fortnight days off prorated. For example, employees on the fortnight system for 22 biweekly periods will receive 20.3 fortnight days off.
12.2.6 The biweekly periods in which there are no fortnight days off may normally be scheduled at a time that takes into consideration the needs of the department and the desires of employees. The preferred periods, if other periods have not been agreed to, are the biweekly periods overlapping Christmas and Easter.
12.2.7 Scheduled days off, 1 every 2 weeks, will preferably be Monday or Friday, or any other day taking into consideration the commitment of the College, the needs of the department and the desires of the employees.
12.2.8 Overtime rates will apply for authorized work performed in excess of 7-3/4 hours per day, excluding time worked when making up time owed by employees.
12.2.9 Supervisors will post work schedules for employees.
12.2.10 Supervisors are responsible for keeping accurate records of employee overtime and time owed to and by employees.
12.2.11 Neither acting capacity nor shift differentials will be paid if the higher level of work performed or hours of work are directly due to the nine day fortnight.
12.2.12 Gratuity days are earned as 7 hour days (Article 14.8 Gratuity Plan). If payment of gratuity is made to employees it will be made on the basis of a 7 hour day.
12.2.13 If gratuity days are taken as leave, the earned days will be converted to hours and the employees will remain on the nine day fortnight during the period when the gratuity days are taken. This may require employees working for a partial day or making time up.
12.2.14 If employees wish to revert to a 7 hour day for the period in which gratuity days are taken then they will work a 7 hour day for the f...
Nine Day Fortnight. Notwithstanding subclause 22.1, where the Employee requests and the Employer approves, an Employee may work a nine (9) day fortnight.
Nine Day Fortnight. Notwithstanding subclause 10.2 of this clause, from the date of registration of this General Agreement, access to nine day fortnight arrangements as prescribed by this subclause is not available unless currently in operation in work or occupational groups, in which case those arrangements may continue. New employees joining these groups may also work a nine-day fortnight.
Nine Day Fortnight. 8.1.5.1 Technical Staff, Assistant Instructors and Faculty Employees who have no assigned student contact hours, may, with the agreement of the Union and the Manager, arrange their hours so as to result in a nine-day fortnight.
8.1.5.2 When establishing the hours of work, the Employees concerned and the Manager shall be guided by the following:
Nine Day Fortnight. Alternate Day Off
13.1.1 Within three months of the commencement of operation of this Agreement, Thales will implement a 76 hour / 9 day fortnight as the default working arrangement for employees previously working 19 day months.
13.1.2 The standard hours of work will be 8.5 hours per day for 8 days and 8 hours for the 9th day
13.1.3 No pay or entitlements will be due for the 10th day or whatever alternative day is taken as an ADO
13.1.4 The arrangements must not incur any additional costs, reduce capacity or restrict operational flexibility in any way.
13.1.5 Flexibility and cooperation by the workforce must be maintained to ensure that this principle is met.
13.1.6 Reversion to temporary 19 day month arrangements remains an option if necessary to accommodate operational needs that are consistent with terms of this agreement. The implementation and operation of such an arrangement will be by agreement between the Company and those employees directly affected and if introduced will replace existing Flextime working arrangements for those employees directly affected.
13.1.7 ADOs will be taken on different days where necessary to maintain operations of plant or to maximise maintenance opportunities.
13.1.8 Coverage of duties of team/shift leaders who are observing a predetermined ADO will be maintained without payment of Higher Duties. Higher Duties allowance will apply to an individual covering for the team/shift leader when the latter is observing an ADO on a day which is not predetermined as part of the normal team roster.
13.1.9 One ADO will be taken each fortnight on the day rostered unless varied due to work requirements or at the request of an employee. . Where agreed approval will be given to carry an ADO into the next pay period.
13.1.10 Employees required to work an ADO will normally be given an alternative ADO on a mutually agreed day within the same pay period or the one following if necessary. The company may agree, by exception, to payment for time worked on an ADO as overtime.
13.1.11 Deductions for leave and payment for public holidays will be based on the hours that would have been worked had there been no leave or public holiday.
13.1.12 For all intents and purposes, the ADO will be regarded as a day for which no entitlement exists unless an employee is required to work.
13.1.13 The 8 hour day for an employee will be the working day or public holiday immediately preceding the day taken as the ADO by that employee. However, where two ADOs ar...
Nine Day Fortnight. 2.1 The nine day fortnight is: i) available to all full time permanent employees;
Nine Day Fortnight. 12.2.1 Applications of the for a nine day fortnight system must not produce any additional cost (i.e. overtime, additional staffing requirements or fringe benefit costs) or noticeable reduction in service from the level of service as at the commencement of the term of this Agreement time of application, and must also consider the:
a) operations of the College;
b) needs of the department; and
c) desires of employees.
Nine Day Fortnight. The ordinary hours of work will be 1976 per annum (inclusive of all categories of leave). The typical hours of work is achieved on the basis of working nine 8.44 hour weekdays each fortnight. The tenth weekday of the fortnight being an unpaid rostered day off. The rostered day off will be every second Monday of the pay period fortnight. On a public holiday Monday the rostered day off will move to the next working day. The Shire of Mundaring by agreement with the relevant work team employees can request those employees to work a rostered day off by notice generally no later than the Thursday finish time prior to the rostered day off. Such requests shall not be unreasonably refused and individual circumstances shall be considered in formulating the required work team to work on a rostered day off. Rostered days off worked can be banked by the Shire of Mundaring up to 3 in number and are to be taken on either the following Monday or Christmas leave period or Easter leave period or such other time as agreed with the Service Manager.
Nine Day Fortnight. 3.7.1 In those Districts where the majority of employees work a 9 day fortnight all new employees and existing employees will maintain an entitlement to a 9 day fortnight (if the effected employee in the District wishes to change from a 19 day month to a 9 day fortnight).
3.7.2 During the life of the agreement, sites working other than a 9 day fortnight may seek to have their work pattern altered to a 9 day working pattern:
(a) following meaningful consultation; and
(b) where this is agreed between the employer and the majority of affected employees; and
(c) if it is operationally feasible to do so.
3.7.3 Operational feasibility may be assessed by agreeing to trial a different pattern of work for a set period of time. In such circumstances evaluation criteria must be agreed prior to the commencement of any trial.
