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Employment Relations: Employment agreement builder

Section 6: Hours of Work

There are different options available to you in this section based on the nature of the agreement as defined in Section 3. Two sets of options are available. One for casual workers and the other for permanent or fixed term staff.

It is mandatory for the agreement to contain a clause that provides an indication of the employee’s hours of work. An option from the list below must be included in the agreement.

Full Time Hours of Work
 
The employee’s hours of work shall be hours per week on , between the hours of .
Full Time Hours with an obligation to perform overtime as necessary but without extra payment
 
The employee’s normal hours of work shall be hours per week, between the hours of on . The Employee may also be required to perform such overtime as may be reasonably required by the Employer in order for the Employee to properly perform their duties. The employee’s salary fully compensates them for all hours worked.
Full Time Hours with an obligation to perform overtime as necessary with an entitlement to extra pay
 
The employee’s normal hours of work shall be hours per week, between the hours of on . The Employee may also be required to perform such overtime as may be reasonably required by the Employer in order for the Employee to properly perform their duties. Where extra hours are performed the Employee shall be entitled to an overtime payment as set out in the wages clause below.
Part Time Hours
 
The parties agree that the Employee is being employed to perform duties on a part time basis. The hours and days on which the Employee shall work are as follows: .
Part Time Hours with the obligation to perform overtime as necessary with an entitlement to extra pay
 
The employee’s normal hours of work shall be hours per week, between the hours of on . The Employee may also be required to perform such overtime as may reasonably required by the Employer in order for the Employee to properly perform their duties. Where extra hours are performed the Employee shall be entitled to overtime pay as set out in the wages clause below.
Shift Work
 
The parties agree that the Employee is being employed to perform duties in accordance with the shift work arrangement of the Employer. The shift arrangement applies to the Employee in the following manner:
Rostered Hours with no minimum hours of work to be provided
 
The parties agree that the employee’s hours of work shall be set by the Employer in advance in accordance with a roster. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, the Employee shall be given at least 7 days notice of a new roster. In setting the roster the Employer shall provide the Employee with consecutive days off within a reasonable period.
Rostered Hours with a minimum number of hours of work to be provided
 
The parties agree that the employee’s hours of work shall be set by the Employer in advance in accordance with a roster. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, the Employee shall be given at least 7 days notice of a new roster. The parties agree that the Employee shall be provided with a minimum of hours work per . In setting the roster the Employer shall provide the Employee with consecutive days off within a reasonable period.
Casual Employment with no minimum number of hours of work
 
The parties agree that because the Employee is being employed on an as required basis, the Employee has no fixed hours of work, nor any minimum number of hours of work. The hours of work and days to be worked will be as agreed between the Employer and Employee from time to time. The Employee shall take all reasonable steps to be available when required.
Casual Employment with a minimum number of hours of work guaranteed but no minimum hours for any one period of work
 
The parties agree that because the Employee is being employed on an as required basis, the Employee has no fixed hours of work. However, the Employer agrees to offer to the Employee at least hours per week. The Employee shall take all reasonable steps to be available when required.
Casual Employment with a minimum number of hours of work guaranteed and a minimum period for any one session of work
 
The parties agree that because the Employee is being employed on an as required basis, the Employee has no fixed hours of work. However, the Employer agrees to offer to the Employee at least hours per . The Employer also agrees that where the Employee is offered work, the period of any one session of work shall not be less than hours. The Employee shall take all reasonable steps to be available when required.
Flexible or Glide Time
 
The parties agree that the Employee is required to perform of hours of work per , and to be at the place of work between the core hours of on . Provided these hours of work are performed, the Employee may adopt flexibility in their start and finish times each day. The parties agree, however, that the Employer may, after consultation with the Employee, modify this arrangement if this is in the best interests of the employer’s operations.
Piece Work without set hours
 
The parties agree that the Employee will be available on an as required basis to meet the deadlines for delivery of items, with no fixed hours of work.
Piece Work with set hours and delivery times
 
The parties agree that the employee will be available on site between the hours of on , and will deliver their to no later than .
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