HOURS OF WORK

10.1 Shiftworker employed to work an average of 37.5 hours per week

10.1(a) A full-time shiftworker will be rostered to work 1950 ordinary hours per year which is the equivalent of 260 days x 7.5 hours.

10.1(b) The ordinary hours of an agreed roster cycle will be the pro-rata equivalent of 37.5 hours per week. A roster cycle will not exceed 450 hours over a period of twelve weeks except by agreement between St.George and any nominated employee representative (which may include the FSU).

10.2 BankSA shiftworkers

A full-time shiftworker who was an employee of BankSA immediately before 23 August 1996 will be rostered to work either:

10.2(a) Where part of the URD system - 1976 ordinary hours per year, being the equivalent of 260 days x 7.6 hours and the ordinary hours of an agreed roster cycle will be the pro-rata equivalent of 38 hours per week; or

10.2(b) Where employees have taken the RDO buyout - 2080 ordinary hours per year which is the equivalent of 260 days x 8 hours and the ordinary hours of an agreed roster cycle will be the pro-rata equivalent of 40 hours per week.

10.3 Flexible part-time employees

The hours of work for flexible part-time employees will be in accordance with Clause 23.3, Flexible part-time employees of the Agreement provided that the restriction of eight hours per shift will not apply.

10.4 General

10.4(a) Shift rosters will include:

• at least 6 x 2 consecutive days off per 12 weekly cycle (where possible, these two days will be Saturday and Sunday); and

• at least one day off after seven consecutive days of work; and

• 24 days off or more per 12 weekly cycle.

10.4(b) A shiftworker may freely and clearly agree to work a roster which varies from the parameters outlined in 10.4(a), provided that no roster will have less than 12 days off in a 12 week cycle.

10.4(c) Where such agreement to work a varied roster is reached, a shiftworker may, at any time, revert to a standard roster (in 10.4(a) above) with the provision of four weeks notice and such a change will be processed in accordance with clause 36.7, Change Procedure of the Agreement.

10.4(d) Where a particular workplace is contemplating the introduction of a discrete workgroup with a roster requiring employees to work ordinary hours between 10.00pm and midnight, St.George will notify affected employees and the FSU. Where the parties cannot agree to the introduction of the new roster arrangements, the matter will be dealt with in accordance with clause 19, Dispute Settlement Procedure of the Agreement.

11. OVERTIME

11.1 All overtime should be approved by St.George.

11.2 Work in excess of a full-time shiftworker’s ordinary rostered hours will be overtime.

11.3 Part-time employees

11.3(a) Where a part-time employee has been directed to work beyond rostered hours other than with the appropriate notice as required by Clause 36.7, Change Procedure of the Agreement, such work will be regarded as overtime.

11.3(b) A part-time employee may, by mutual agreement, perform work beyond rostered hours on a temporary basis without the notice required in Clause 36.7, Change Procedure of the Agreement to meet pressing business needs without incurring overtime provided that such additional ordinary hours do not exceed full time ordinary hours.

11.4 Overtime will be calculated on a daily basis using the shiftworker’s actual base rate (i.e. excluding shift allowances) and shall be either:

11.4(a) paid as overtime at the rate of time and one half for the first two hours and double time thereafter where such hours are worked Monday to Friday; or 11.4(b) paid as overtime at the rate of double time where such hours are worked on

a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday; or

11.4(c) at the employee’s election, taken as time off in lieu in accordance with clause 12, Time off in Lieu of Overtime.

11.5 In calculating the payment of overtime, time will be calculated in fifteen minute blocks as follows:

11.5(a) Any portion of an hour:

(i) less than fifteen minutes will be calculated as fifteen minutes;

(ii) between sixteen and thirty minutes will be calculated as thirty minutes;

(iii) between thirty-one and five minutes will be calculated as forty-five minutes; and

(iv) in excess of forty-five minutes will be calculated as one hour.

11.6 Employees will work all reasonable overtime as requested.

11.7 Work on a day not rostered to work

11.7(a) A shiftworker who is required by St.George to work on a day on which they are rostered off duty, will be paid for all time worked on such a day at the rate of double time and a minimum payment of four hours will be paid.

11.7(b) However, a shiftworker will not be paid for work on a rostered day off as a result of voluntary arrangements made by a shiftworker such as the swapping of a shift. The swapping of a shift must be made with the agreement of St.George.

11.8 Break between shifts

11.8(a) St.George will, where reasonably practicable, arrange at least ten consecutive hours away from the work place between work on successive days.

11.8(b) A shiftworker, other than a casual shiftworker, who works overtime between the termination of their ordinary rostered hours on one work day and the commencement of their ordinary rostered hours on the next day, where they have not had at least ten consecutive hours off duty, shall be released after the completion of overtime until they have had ten consecutive hours off.

Ordinary working time occurring during such absence will be paid as time worked.

11.8(c) If at the direction of St.George, the shiftworker resumes or continues to work without having had ten consecutive hours away from the work place, they will be paid overtime at the rate of double time until they are released from duty. The shiftworker will then be entitled to ten consecutive hours away from the work place without loss of pay for any ordinary rostered hours occurring during such absence.

11.9 A shiftworker will be entitled to a meal allowance in accordance with clause 43, Overtime of the Agreement.

11.10 A shiftworker working a 12 hour shift must not be required to work more than 2 hours in addition to such shift, other than in exceptional circumstances such as a relieving operator being unavailable or a major system breakdown occurring.