Common use of Shift Work Penalty Rates Clause in Contracts

Shift Work Penalty Rates. An employee working on an afternoon shift from Monday to Friday inclusive shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of 20% of actual hours worked in addition to the ordinary rate. An afternoon shift is defined as any shift or span of hours finishing after 7pm. Employees working on a night shift from Monday to Friday inclusive shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of 25% of actual hours worked in addition to the ordinary rate. A night shift is defined as any shift commencing after 7pm at night and before 6am on the following day. CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will endeavour to offer permanent shift workers enough paid hours (comprising actual work, sick leave and recreation leave) each fortnight to make up their minimum hours as set out in their Employment Letter. If the number of paid hours falls short of the minimum hours CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will pay the employee the minimum hours. If employees reject shifts without good reason CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will not guarantee to replace those shifts to make up the minimum hours and the employee will only be paid for time worked if these hours are below the minimum hours. CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn reserves the right to cancel a shift and in doing so will advise the relevant employee as soon as practicable. CatholicCare Canberra & Xxxxxxxx will pay the employee for the shift if notification of cancellation is less than 3 hours before the start of the shift.

Shift Work Penalty Rates. An employee working on an afternoon shift from Monday to Friday inclusive shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of 20% of actual hours worked in addition to the ordinary rate. An afternoon shift is defined as any shift or span of hours finishing after 7pm. Employees working on a night shift from Monday to Friday inclusive shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of 25% of actual hours worked in addition to the ordinary rate. A night shift is defined as any shift commencing after 7pm at night and before 6am on the following day. CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will endeavour to offer permanent shift workers enough paid hours (comprising actual work, sick leave and recreation leave) each fortnight to make up their minimum hours as set out in their Employment Letter. If the number of paid hours falls short of the minimum hours CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will pay the employee the minimum hours. If employees reject shifts without good reason CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn will not guarantee to replace those shifts to make up the minimum hours and the employee will only be paid for time worked if these hours are below the minimum hours. CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn reserves the right to cancel a shift and in doing so will advise the relevant employee as soon as practicable. CatholicCare Canberra & Xxxxxxxx Goulburn will pay the employee for the shift if notification of cancellation is less than 3 hours before the start of the shift.