Department of Human Services Agreement 2011–2014 [pdf, 1.05mb]

(c)
Public Holidays: 15% of hourly rate.
F17
SHIFT WORK
F17.1 An employee who performs part or all of their rostered hours of duty within the hours outlined in
subclause F17.3 on an ongoing basis or for a fixed period (but who is not an employee to whom
clause F9.5 (Limited Operation of Extended Hours Trading) applies) will be considered a shift
worker for the purpose of this clause F17.
F17.2 The following provisions apply to shift workers unless they are eligible for an entitlement as
outlined in Clause F18 (Grandfathered Shift Provisions).
Payment of penalties
F17.3 A shift worker will be entitled to the following penalty rates in respect of the shifts that they work
as follows:
Days
Penalty Rates
15% for rostered duty performed on a shift where any part of
the shift falls between the hours of 7:00 pm and 7:00am.
Monday to Friday 30% for rostered duty performed on a shift where an employee
is rostered on shifts for more than four continuous weeks
that fall wholly within the hours of 6:00pm and 8:00am.
Saturday 50% for that part of a shift that falls between midnight Friday
and midnight Saturday.
Sunday 100% for that part of a shift that falls between midnight Saturday
and midnight Sunday.
APS holiday 150% for any part of a shift that falls on that day.
Public holidays and
the Saturday
following Good
Friday
150% for any part of a shift that falls on that day.
F17.4 The Secretary may approve, in consultation with employees and their representatives, payment
of an annual shift allowance in lieu of penalty rates. The allowance will be calculated by
averaging the shift conditions (including penalty rates) provided in this clause F17. A shift
allowance under this subclause F17.4 is payable during periods of annual leave, but no other
leave.
F17.5 Where an employee attends a training course, or is required to perform duties away from their
usual workplace on a day where they would ordinarily be rostered to undertake a shift, they will
receive the same penalty rates as if they had performed their rostered shift. Where such duty is
undertaken on a day the shift worker is rostered off, overtime is payable.
F17.6 The penalty rates outlined in subclause F17.3 will not be payable where an employee is on
leave, other than annual leave as per clause F17.7.
F17.7 Penalty rates will be payable to an employee who is on annual leave where the penalty for a
shift, had the employee worked, would have been at least 17.5%. Penalties payable for periods
of annual leave will be paid at 50% of the ordinary penalty rate payable.
F17.8 A shift worker is entitled to be paid overtime for hours worked in addition to their ordinary or
rostered hours of duty in accordance with clauses F13 and F14.
Additional annual leave for shift workers
F17.9 A shift worker who is continuously rostered in a roster cycle that operates 24 hours a day for 7
days a week, is regularly rostered to work shifts over this cycle, and who regularly works on
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