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4. Emergency Duty
iii. An allowance paid for performance of higher duties will be regarded as salary
for the purposes of calculation of overtime and excess travelling time.
iv. An Employee who is directed to perform continuous higher duties for at least
one shift will be regarded as being on higher duties for that whole shift;
performance of higher duties for less than one shift will be disregarded for all
purposes.
v. An Employee who performs the duties of a higher classification will be subject
to the conditions of service of the higher classification, including the criteria
determined by the Commissioner or the relevant Schedule for advancement
beyond a salary barrier point.
vi. An Employee who performs the duties of a higher classification which has a
maximum annual salary in excess of the maximum annual salary payable to
Nurse 3, for a period of less than one week will not be paid an allowance, and
that period will not count as service at the higher classification level unless the
Commissioner determines otherwise.
vii. An Employee who performs the duties of a higher classification for twelve
months continuously, or for twelve months in broken periods over a 24 month
period, and has met the requirements of clause 23 of this Agreement will be
paid an increment in accordance with that clause.
viii. An increment attained by higher duties will be retained for future higher
duties at that classification level (or higher).
ix. An Employee who has been directed to perform the duties of a higher
classification and is absent on paid leave or observes a public holiday, will
continue to receive payment of higher duties allowance during the absence to
the extent of the continued operation of the direction. If the period of paid
leave is on less than full pay, the higher duties allowance is adjusted
accordingly.
4.1 Where an Employee is called on duty to meet an emergency at a time when the Employee
would not ordinarily have been on duty, and no notice of such call was given to the
Employee prior to ceasing ordinary duty, the Employee will be paid for such emergency duty
at the rate of double time.
4.2 The time for which payment is made will include time necessarily spent in travelling to and
from duty.
4.3 The minimum payment for emergency duty is two hours at double time.
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NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement