Payment for Rostered After Hours On-Call Duties Sample Clauses
The 'Payment for Rostered After Hours On-Call Duties' clause defines the compensation arrangements for employees who are scheduled to be available outside of regular working hours to respond to work-related needs. Typically, this clause outlines the rates or allowances paid to staff for being on-call, the conditions under which payment is triggered (such as being called in to work or remaining available by phone), and any limits or exceptions. Its core function is to ensure that employees are fairly compensated for the inconvenience and responsibility of being available after hours, thereby promoting transparency and preventing disputes over pay for on-call duties.
Payment for Rostered After Hours On-Call Duties. (a) Employees shall be paid at their ordinary hourly rate for any duties and responsibilities falling within category (a), (b) and (c) of Clause 13.2 above and at time-and-a-half their ordinary hourly rate for any duties and responsibilities falling within category (d) above.
(b) Where an applicable previous collective agreement provided higher hourly, or equivalent, rates than those specified above in this Agreement, those higher rates will continue to apply for all employees employed by that employer.
(c) Those district health boards where higher hourly, or equivalent, rates in the previous applicable single employer collective agreements apply for current and new employees are Waitemata (double the ordinary hourly rate) and Bay of Plenty (triple hourly rate of Step 1 of Clause 12.4(a) or Step 1 in Clause 12.4(c) above, as applicable).
(d) In the event that an employee(s) is already receiving additional remuneration for rostered after-hours on-call duties from an employment agreement not covered by Sub-Clauses (b) and (c) above, it is not the intention of the parties that the employee(s) will be paid twice for these duties.