CALL ALLOWANCE. 20.1 An employee who is required to be present at the workplace for any period to be available for call shall be: 20.1.1 deemed to be on call; and 20.1.2 paid a call allowance of $6.27 for each such hour. 20.2 Time spent on call shall not be regarded as ordinary hours or as time worked for any purpose whatsoever. 20.3 Payment of the on call allowance referred to in 20.1, shall be payment for work undertaken by the employee during any continuous period of on call unless the work is in excess of either: 20.3.1 one hour; or 20.3.2 two call outs. 20.4 For the purpose of 20.3, time spent by an employee in attending to residents or securing the premises of the employer shall be regarded as a call out. 20.5 An employee shall not be required to undertake any other duty of employment whilst on call. 20.6 Subject to 20.3, an employee called out to work shall be paid at overtime rates for the period of the call out with a minimum payment of 30 minutes. 20.7 An on call period shall not exceed twelve hours unless the premises at which the employee is required to remain is the employee’s principal place of residence, in which case the employee may be on call for up to fourteen hours. 20.8 An employee shall not be entitled to the on call allowance prescribed by this clause for any hour in respect of which they are entitled to payment for ordinary hours or overtime.
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