Common use of Availability Allowance Clause in Contracts

Availability Allowance. (a) This clause applies to any employee instructed to be available for recall to work outside of his/her normal working hours. (b) For the purposes of this clause availability duty means a situation where the employer directs employees to hold themselves on immediate standby to attend work during prescribed times outside their normal working hours. Where a lesser state of readiness is required by the employer, the provisions of clause 21 (Call Out) shall apply other than where such arrangements are mutually agreed by the employer and the employee and recorded in writing. (c) An employee instructed to carry out availability duty shall receive, in addition to the salary otherwise payable, an amount equal to 10 per cent of the employee’s hourly rate for each hour or part thereof that the employee is required to be on standby.

Availability Allowance. (a) 35.1.1 This clause Clause applies to any employee instructed directed to be available for recall to work outside of his/her their normal working hours. (b) 35.1.2 For the purposes of this clause Clause, availability duty means a situation where the employer Employer directs employees to hold themselves on immediate standby to attend work during prescribed times outside their normal working hours. Where a lesser state of readiness is required by the employer, the provisions of clause 21 Clause 36.11 (Call Outout) shall apply other than where such arrangements are mutually agreed by the employer and the employee and recorded in writing. (c) 35.1.3 An employee instructed to carry out availability duty shall receive, in addition to the salary otherwise payable, an amount equal to 10 per cent 10% of the employee’s hourly rate for each hour or part thereof that the employee is required to be on standby.