Removals and the modern award
Removals and the award
(a)
Where an employee is called to undertake removals between the hours of 7.00 pm and midnight and work is completed at or prior to midnight, the employee will be paid 150% of their ordinary rate for the first three hours of work and 200% of their ordinary rate thereafter with a minimum payment of two hours at the appropriate rate.
[24.4(b) varied by PR994655 ppc 05Mar10]
(b)
Where an employee is called to undertake a removal, any portion of which occurs between the hours of midnight and 7.00 am, the employee will be paid 200% of their ordinary rate with a minimum payment of two hours.
(c)
If a removal is commenced between the starting and finishing times as prescribed in clause 21.2, the employee will be paid at the rate prescribed in clause 24.2. If a subsequent removal is requested after 7.00 pm, although the original removal was commenced before that time, the employee will be paid at the rate as prescribed in clause 24.4, for the subsequent removal.
21.2 Spread of ordinary hours of work
(a)
The ordinary hours of work may be worked on any or all days Monday to Friday inclusive.
(b)
The ordinary hours of work will be worked continuously, except for meal breaks, at the discretion of the employer between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm.
If taken as read, the award indicates that if an employee during his or her normal course of employment is called on to carry out a removal of a deceased, then their pay would rise to time and a half on an hour for hour basis, conversely, if an employee is working on a public holiday at double time and was to carry out a removal the pay rate would drop to time and a half for the duration of the removal.
