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to Grades A and B as outlined in Appendix A of thisdocument.11. HOURS OF WORKa) Employees shall work an average of a forty (40) hour weekspread over five (5) days or six (6) days as shown inAppendix “C” unless otherwise agreed.b) Employees may be called to observe a shift roster as shownin Appendix “C” attached. The AGENCY, however, reservesthe right to introduce, change or discontinue the workschedule of its employees according to the exigencies of theAGENCY, after consultation with the UNION.c) Break periods may be changed or staggered byManagement due to the exigencies of the AGENCY,provided that employees on shift will be entitled to breakperiod according to law.d) Reduced working hours: Employees with young childrenup to the age of five (5) years may apply to work on a twenty(20) or thirty (30) hour weekly work schedule.While employees are working on a reduced time-table, theywill be entitled to the salary of their substantive grade on apro-rata basis, at 50% or 75% of the salary depending on thechosen option. They will also be entitled, likewise on a proratabasis, to leave and sick leave benefits and anyallowances linked to their duties and to which they wouldhave been entitled had they been working on a full-timeroster. Only those hours worked in excess of 40 hours perweek will be paid at the applicable overtime rates as outlinedin clause 12b.Ex-Government employees currently working on reducedhours are to retain their current conditions.Working on a reduced time-table will not prejudice theseniority of employees in the particular grade or opportunityof the employees for training, or for applying for calls forapplications.e) Flexi-time: The Management may adopt a system of flexitimein which core hours will be established by theManagement according to its exigencies and in consultationwith the Union. The Management will decide what means oftime-keeping system, such as palm reader, to use to controltime-recording.12. OVERTIMEa) Employees are expected to work overtime when, in theAGENCY’s opinion, circumstances render such worknecessary subject to the conditions laid down below,unless the AGENCY agrees that they have good andjustifiable reasons for refusing to do so. Overtime will befairly distributed as much as possible. Both partiesagree that the AGENCY shall endeavour to keep thisovertime to a minimum.b) Employees shall be paid overtime rates to the nearestcompleted one-fourth (¼) hour for any time worked inexcess of the average 40-hour week as long as they areduly authorized to do so.The rates applicable are:-Monday to Saturday inclusive : normal rate 1½ forEach hour workedSundays : normal rate x 2 foreach hour workedPublic Holidays : normal rate x 2 foreach hour workedWhen a Public Holiday is worked, payment is effectedaccording to Legislation.13. SHIFT EMPLOYEESEmployees who work irregular hours on a shift basis shall bepaid a shift allowance as detailed hereunder:3
Monday to Sunday without night shiftLm 2.50 weekly(5 out of 7 week days)The above allowance is payable to gallery / site officers, custodiansand front office assistants.Any work performed on a Sunday which is part of the normal shiftpattern, is calculated at an additional single rate per hour for everyhour worked. Thus, this is applicable to gallery / site officers,custodians, front office assistants, and watchmen.Rates shown in the above table are based on a weekly rateand paid concurrently with salaries.14. PAYMENT OF SALARIESa) Salaries shall be paid every four (4) weeks by directcredit. This will come into force on 1 st January 2004.Payment schedule for 2004, 2005 and 2006 shall be asoutlined in Appendix “B”.b) The Weekly Allowance shall be paid with the March andSeptember salaries and the six-month Bonus shall bepaid in June and December.c) Overtime shall be paid with the salary. Overtime paidwill be that which covers the period from the first to thelast day of the previous four-week period.15. SUBSTITUTION ALLOWANCEAn employee who is officially asked to substitute temporarilyand to perform the duties and responsibilities of anotheremployee in a higher grade, whether due to prolongedabsenteeism or shortage of employees, will be compensatedas follows:-If the substitution lasts over one (1) month he/she shall beentitled to a special allowance, on a pro-rata basis for everyday worked from the first day, equivalent to the difference4between the salary of the designated employee and the salaryof the next higher scale in the higher Grade which theemployee is substituting.No substitution pay shall be paid if substitution is less than one(1) month, however if substitution is more than one (1) month,the allowance will be paid from the first day of substitution.16. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND VACATION LEAVEi) Employees are entitled to the paid public holidaysestablished by Government. When a public holiday falls ona Saturday or Sunday or on an off day, it shall be added tothe employees’ vacation leave entitlement according to thelaw.ii) All museums and sites shall be open to the public onall Public Holidays except for those days as outlined inAppendix “H”. As a result of this, two days vacation leave willbe deducted to cover for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Everespectively.iii) Employees are entitled to 24 days vacation leaveaccording to current Legislation. However, shift employeeswhose duty entails working regularly on feast days, are tohave their vacation leave entitlement increased by thenumber of days worked on such feast days in any particularyear. Vacation leave cannot be taken in periods of less thanhalf day of four (4) hours each. This can be availed of for amaximum of 4 days, before or after a break.iv) Requests for vacation leave are to be made on theappropriate forms provided by the AGENCY, three (3) daysin advance.v) In case of employees working on a roster, request forvacation leave must be made two (2) days before thepublication of the roster. In case of emergency leave, theemployee shall inform the AGENCY by telephone or by othermeans, by not later than one (1) hour after the normal time ofcommencement of work. Employees on shift work shalllikewise inform the AGENCY at least one hour before their
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