Ordinary Shift definition

Ordinary Shift means any shift on which a shift worker is rostered for duty within the ordinary working hours of the employee and according to the relevant roster cycle.

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Ordinary Shift means any shift on which a shift worker is rostered for duty within the ordinary working hours of the staff member and according to the relevant roster cycle; "overtime shift" means any shift worked by a shift worker in excess of five shifts per week;  "relevant roster cycle" means a sequence of shifts in a roster to be normally worked by a staff member in the ordinary working hours of the staff member and arranged so as to form a recurring cycle of five days on shift and two days off per week;

Ordinary Shift means that part of a Shift made up of the Ordinary Hours and any applicable Paid Meal Break and:

Examples of Ordinary Shift in a sentence

• The minimum length of a rostered Ordinary Shift shall be six hours, but the minimum hours for an Additional Shift shall be in accordance with subclause 3.5.6.

• The minimum length of a rostered Ordinary Shift shall be six hours, but the minimum hours for an Additional Shift shall be in accordance with sub-clause 3.6.6.

• An employee may request to commence his or her Ordinary Shift (i.e. a Monday) on a Sunday.

• As set out in clause 22 of Part A, except that a reference to 'day' shall be replaced by a reference to 'Ordinary Shift'.

• Example 2 An Employee whose Ordinary Shift commences at 10.00pm Saturday and finishes at 6.06am Sunday will only be entitled to: The Saturday Allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked up to 12 midnight; and The Sunday Allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked after 12 midnight.

• Example 2 An Employee whose Ordinary Shift commences at 6.00pm Saturday and finishes at 1.00am Sunday will only be entitled to: The Saturday Allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked up to 12 midnight; and The Sunday Allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked after 12 midnight.

• Ordinary Shift Ordinary rate plus 15% of the ordinary rate (Monday to Friday).

• Example 3 An Employee whose Ordinary Shift commences at 11.00pm on a Holiday and finishes at 3.00am the next day (which is not a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday) will only be entitled to: The Holiday allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked up to 12 midnight; and The Night Work Allowance, but only for those hours worked after 12 midnight.

• Example 3 An Employee whose Ordinary Shift commences at 7.00pm on a Holiday and finishes at 7.06am the next day (which is not a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday) will only be entitled to: The Holiday allowance under paragraph (b) above, but only for those hours worked up to 12 midnight; and The Night Work Allowance, but only for those hours worked after 12 midnight and up to 6.00am; and No shift allowance for work from 6.00am to 7.06am.

• An Employee who works Overtime following the cessation of his/her Ordinary Shift on one day and who has not had at least ten consecutive hours off duty between cessation of the Overtime and the commencement of his/her next Shift, shall, subject to this clause, be released after completion of such Overtime and not be required to report back to work until the Employee has had ten consecutive hours off duty.

More Definitions of Ordinary Shift

Ordinary Shift means any shift on which a shift employee is rostered for duty within the relevant roster cycle.

Ordinary Shift means any shift on which a shift general staff member is rostered for work within the ordinary hours of work of the staff member and according to the relevant roster cycle;