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

F18.3 Employees who prior to the commencement of this Agreement were covered by the Medicare
Australia Collective Agreement 2008-2011 and were Medicare employees performing shift work
engaged after 13 October 1999 will continue to receive shift duty payments in accordance with
the following arrangements:
Days
Penalty Rates
15% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift
where any part of the shift falls between the
Monday to Friday
hours of 7:30 pm and 7:30am.
30% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift
where an employee is rostered on shifts that fall
wholly within the hours of 7:30pm and 7:30am.
Saturday 50% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift
where any part of that shift falls between
midnight Friday and midnight Saturday.
Sunday 100% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift
where any part of that shift falls between
midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
APS holiday 150% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift,
any part of which falls on the APS holiday.
Public holidays 150% for rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift,
any part of which falls on the public holiday.
F18.4 Employees who prior to the commencement of this Agreement were covered by the Medicare
Australia Collective Agreement 2008-2011 and were Medicare employees performing shift work
on 13 October 1999 will continue to receive shift duty payments in accordance with the
following:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift, any part of which falls between the
hours of 6.00pm and 6.30am, Monday to Friday, attracts an additional 15% of salary
for that shift.
Rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift, falling wholly within the hours of
6.00pm and 8.00am, Monday to Friday, attracts an additional 30% of salary for that
shift.
Rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift, any part of which falls between
midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday, is paid an additional 50% of salary for
that shift.
Rostered ordinary duty performed on a shift, any part of which falls between
midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday, attracts an additional 100% of salary
for that shift.
Rostered ordinary duty performed on any part of a public holiday, including the APS
holiday, attracts an additional 150% of salary for that whole shift.
F18.5 An employee described at subclause F18.3 and subclause F18.4 will be eligible for payment of
shift penalties, including as part of an annualised shift allowance, for periods of annual leave,
and for periods of personal/carer’s leave of up to two weeks per annum.
F18.6 The department will consult with an employee or employees and their representatives,
regarding any proposal to pay shift penalties on an annualised basis.
F18.7 A residual annual leave loading is payable to employees in respect of the period of additional
annual leave accrued in subclause F17.9 (additional annual leave). The amount of the residual
annual leave loading will be the greater of the following:
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