Common use of Work Rosters Clause in Contracts

Work Rosters. 4.5.1 Where a Staff Member is required to work according to a roster, the following arrangements will apply: (a) work rosters will be posted in a readily accessible place; (b) all rosters will indicate the commencement and cessation times of the ordinary hours of work of the respective shifts for each Staff Member; (c) changes or variations to shift rosters will be notified at least 7 days prior to becoming operative; (d) where a Staff Member is absent from duty because of illness, or there is an emergency, a shift roster may be changed with less than 7 days notice to enable the functions of the University to continue. However, if such an alteration involves a Staff Member working on a day that would have been their day off, such time worked on that day will be paid for at overtime rates or a mutually agreed suitable alternative day off will be taken; (e) places in shift rosters may be interchanged by agreement between the Staff Members and the University, provided that the University incurs no additional shift or overtime penalties as a consequence of the interchange; (f) Staff will be reimbursed for costs in excess of normal travel costs where the University does not provide notice in accordance with (c) above; and (g) Staff rostered for shift work will not work split shifts.