Variation of rosters. 41.5.1. The method of working shifts and the time of commencing and finishing shifts may in any case be varied by agreement between the employer and the majority of employees in the workplace or part of it.
Variation of rosters. To suit the circumstances of the establishment, the method of working shifts, and the time of commencing and finishing shifts, once having been determined, may be varied by agreement between the employer and the accredited representative of the union or, in the absence of agreement, by seven days’ notice of alteration given by the employer to the employee.
Variation of rosters. (a) The roster may be altered by the employer providing seven days’ notice of the change.
(b) The roster may be altered at any other time by mutual agreement.
(c) Unless the employer otherwise agrees, an employee desiring a roster change will give 7 days’ notice except where the employee is ill or in an emergency.
(d) Employees may be offered additional ordinary hours shifts to their contracted hours of work from time to time, which reflect the changing needs of the hospital.
(i) Additional shifts shall be worked and rostered by mutual agreement. These shall be recorded in writing.
(ii) An Employee must not be offered an additional shift unless there will be at least an 8-hour break without loss of ordinary time pay between the conclusion of the previous shift and the commencement of the next rostered shift or the commencement of the additional shift.
(e) If a rostered additional shift is cancelled by the employer without the required notice period being given the employee shall be entitled to a minimum of three hours payment. The required notice period for the cancellation of a shift will be:
(i) for an Ordinary shift, by 8.30 pm the day before; and
(ii) for a late shift, three hours before the shift begins.
(f) Where the Employer asks a permanent Employee to change a rostered afternoon shift to an Ordinary shift with less than 24 hours’ notice of the commencement of the shift, the payment for the shift worked will be at afternoon rates.
Variation of rosters. The method of working shifts and the time of commencing and finishing shifts may in any case be varied by agreement between the Employer and the majority of employees.
