Part J - General Staff Conditions

74. Shift Work

74.1 The provisions of this clause will not apply to staff members whose salary exceeds that prescribed for the top of the scale for Higher Education Worker (HEW) level 7.

74.2 For the purposes of this clause :

• "day shift" means any shift starting at or after 6am and finishing at or before 6pm;
• "afternoon shift" means any shift finishing after 6pm and at or before midnight;
• "night shift" means any shift finishing after midnight and at or before 8am;
• "ordinary shift" means any shift on which a shift worker is rostered for duty within the ordinary working hours of the staff member and according to the relevant roster cycle;
• "overtime shift" means any shift worked by a shift worker in excess of five shifts per week;
• "relevant roster cycle" means a sequence of shifts in a roster to be normally worked by a staff member in the ordinary working hours of the staff member and arranged so as to form a recurring cycle of 5 days on shift and 2 days off per week;
• "rostered shift" has the same meaning as "shift";
• "shift" means a continuous period of work during which a shift worker is rostered for duty;
• "week" means a period of 7 consecutive days, calculated from the commencement of the relevant roster cycle.

74.3 Except as provided in sub-clause 74.4 below, a staff member engaged on an afternoon or night shift will for any ordinary hours worked on Monday to Friday inclusive be paid ordinary rate plus 15%.

74.4 A staff member required to work an ordinary shift on a Saturday, a Sunday or a holiday shall be paid ordinary rate plus:

• on a Saturday 50%
• on a Sunday 100%
• on a holiday 150%

74.5 A staff member whose rostered day off falls on a holiday shall be granted one day's leave in lieu of such holiday.

74.6 A staff member who without 72 hours' notice is:

• transferred from day work to shift work;
• transferred from one shift roster to another shift roster;
• transferred to an unrostered shift; or
• transferred to another shift within the roster;

will be paid an additional allowance of 50% of the ordinary rate of pay of the staff member for any day, afternoon or night shift to which the staff member is so transferred and which occurs before the expiry of 72 hours' notice of the transfer provided that the allowance will be payable only to a staff member in receipt of an allowance under clause 74.3 above. In such case the allowance provided under this sub-clause will be payable in lieu of the allowance provided under clause 74.3 above.

74.7 Unless mutually agreed between a staff member and the University, shift rosters will be arranged so as to provide for shifts to be rotated on a weekly basis.

74.8 A staff member whose ordinary hours of duty are performed over 7 days a week including Sundays and holidays shall be entitled to additional annual leave as prescribed by clause 35 and Schedule 5.