Common use of Voluntary Additional Hours Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Additional Hours. 16.1 This clause is intended to: (a) Provide employees with access to additional income on a voluntary basis which they ordinarily would not have access to, (b) To provide for voluntary coverage of specific client service requests as and when they arise, (c) Not avoid the Company’s overtime obligation to pay overtime pursuant to this Agreement for involuntary overtime hours, (d) Allow the Company to better service the peaks and troughs of the industry. 16.2 An employee may request to work Voluntary Additional Hours and the Company may agree to such a request, providing that: (a) Such hours are available, (b) The Voluntary Additional Hours worked by an employee must be paid at the employee’s appropriate hourly rate exclusive of any overtime penalties, plus 10% of the employee’s applicable ordinary hourly rate of pay exclusive of any penalty rates or loadings. 16.3 An employee’s request to work Voluntary Additional Hours is to be made in writing in accordance with Appendix A of this Agreement. 16.4 An employee may elect to withdraw an Appendix A Agreement specified in subclause 16.3, by completing the withdrawal notice provided in Appendix B of this Agreement. 16.5 The working hour limits at Clause 16.8 of this Agreement are to be complied with. 16.6 The arrangements will not act to the detriment of a full-time employee’s existing ordinary hours, except in circumstances beyond the Company’s control. 16.7 The allocation and payment of Voluntary Additional Hours shall not result in the accrual of leave of any kind and are not counted as earnings for the purposes of superannuation contributions.

Voluntary Additional Hours. 16.1 This clause is intended to: (a) Provide employees with access to additional income on a voluntary basis which they ordinarily would not have access to, (b) To provide for voluntary coverage of specific client service requests as and when they arise, (c) Not avoid the Company’s overtime obligation to pay overtime pursuant to this Agreement for involuntary overtime hours, (d) Allow the Company to better service the peaks and troughs of the industry. 16.2 3.4.1 An employee may request to work Voluntary Additional Hours voluntary additional hours and the Company may agree to such a request, providing that: (a) Such that such hours are available,. (b) 3.4.2 The Voluntary Additional Hours voluntary additional hours worked by an employee must be paid at the employee’s appropriate hourly rate exclusive of any overtime penalties, plus 10% of the employee’s applicable ordinary hourly rate of pay exclusive including any shift loading, applicable penalty rate, plus 20%, paid in lieu of any penalty rates or loadingsovertime payments. 16.3 3.4.3 An employee’s request to work Voluntary Additional Hours is to voluntary additional hours must be made in writing in accordance with Appendix A Schedule 2 of this Agreement, and must be authorised by the Company. 16.4 3.4.4 An employee may elect to withdraw an Appendix A Agreement specified authorised notice in subclause 16.3clause 3.4.3, by completing the withdrawal notice provided in Appendix B Schedule 3 of this Agreement. The Company must authorise this notice and provide the employee with confirmation of the authorisation. 16.5 3.4.5 The working hour limits at Clause 16.8 clause 3.1 of this Agreement are to must be complied with. 16.6 The 3.4.6 With the exception of the shifts prescribed at 3.1.2, employees working voluntary additional hours in accordance with this clause will be paid for a minimum engagement of three (3) hours unless the hours in question flow continuously from either end of a rostered shift. 3.4.7 Voluntary additional hour arrangements will not act to the detriment of a full-time an employee’s existing ordinary hours, except in circumstances beyond the Company’s control. 16.7 The allocation and payment of Voluntary Additional Hours shall not result in the accrual of leave of any kind and are not counted as earnings for 3.4.8 For the purposes of superannuation contributionsthis clause, the voluntary additional hours arrangement involves voluntary over- roster shifts. A “voluntary over-roster shift” means a vacant shift that can be offered to available employees who can freely accept or reject the offer to work the vacant shift. Any employee who rejects working a vacant over-roster shift in these circumstances shall suffer no adverse consequences. Any employee required by the Company to work a vacant (non-voluntary) over-roster shift shall receive the overtime penalties, prescribed at clause 3.3.