Common use of Voluntary Additional Hours Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Additional Hours. (a) The Employer will always offer additional shifts in the first instance to part-time or casual Employees where it is practicable to do so. (b) A part-time or casual Employee is not required to accept any additional hours. (c) Where a part-time or casual Employee requests or accepts any offer of hours in addition to their rostered shift or shifts, as acceptance is not required by the Employer, this will be paid at Ordinary time except where overtime or a penalty rate is otherwise payable. (d) To be clear, where the Employer requires an Employee to work additional time, the requirements of the applicable overtime rates shall apply.