Common use of Night Shift Work Clause in Contracts

Night Shift Work. (a) Night shift means any shift commencing after 2.00 pm. The Ordinary Hours of night shift work will be an average of thirty-six (36) hours per week from Monday to Friday inclusive. (b) No rotational night shift work will be undertaken. Once an Employee is engaged on night shift work, they will continue to work the regular night shift roster until they return to day work. (c) The arrangements for night shift work will be: (1) Shift cycles must run for at least five (5) days duration. Where less than five (5) consecutive shifts are worked then Employees shall be paid for each shift, one half time extra for the first two (2) hours and time extra for the remaining hours in addition to the Base Hourly Rate. The consecutive nature of a shift will not be deemed to be broken if work is not performed on a Saturday, Sunday, Public Holiday or any RDO. (2) Forty-eight (48) hours notice of the commencement of shift work must be provided to affected Employee(s), other than in emergencies, or unless otherwise agreed. In the absence of forty-eight (48) hours notice, the Employer shall treat the hours worked as a normal work day and pay for all hours worked at appropriate penalty rates, until such time as the forty eight (48) hours since the request to commence shift work has lapsed. (d) Night Shift Penalties (1) All shifts worked between Monday and Friday shall attract a flat shift loading of 30% of the Employee’s Base Hourly Rate, for all hours that the Employee is engaged on those shifts. (2) All shifts worked between midnight Friday and midnight on Saturday shall attract a flat shift loading of 50% of the Employee’s Base Hourly Rate, for all hours that the Employee is engaged on those shifts. (3) All shifts worked between midnight Saturday and midnight on Sunday shall attract a flat shift loading of 100% of the Employee’s Base Hourly Rate, for all hours that the Employee is engaged on those shifts.