Common use of Part Time Workers Clause in Contracts

Part Time Workers. (1) A part-time worker shall mean a worker engaged on a weekly contract of service, who works regularly from week to week for not less than three consecutive ordinary hours per time, or more than seven ordinary hours per day, and not less than fifteen or more than thirty-five ordinary hours each week, over not more than five days of the week. (2) Part-time workers shall be paid at the rate of time and a quarter, provided that this rate shall be increased to time and a half for all work performed on a Saturday or Sunday, and to double time for all work performed on the holidays referred to in subclause (1)(a) of clause 17. - Holidays of this agreement. (3) A part-time worker who is required to work any of his ordinary hours between 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m., Monday to Friday, both inclusive, shall be paid at the rate of an extra thirty cents per hour for each such hour, or part thereof worked, with a minimum payment of sixty cents per day. (4) All time worked by a part-time worker beyond seven ordinary hours per day, thirty-five ordinary hours per week and/or five days per week, shall be overtime and paid for at the appropriate overtime rates prescribed in clause 10. - Overtime of this agreement. (5) A part-time worker after twelve months' continuous service shall be entitled upon request to be absent without pay for a period not exceeding four weeks. The period of absence shall be arranged at a time mutually satisfactory to the employer and the worker. (6) The provisions of clauses 9. - Additional Rates for Ordinary Hours, 15. - Sick Leave, 17. - Holidays and 18. - Annual Leave shall not apply to a part-time worker.